Then Benaiahוַ בְּנָיָהוּsonבֶּןof Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעwent upיַּעַלand fell uponוַיִּפְגַּעhimבּוֹand put him to death,וַיְמִתֵהוּand he was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵרat his houseבְּבֵיתוֹin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
1 Kings 2:34
Study it in the app“Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his house in the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:34, word by word
- Then Benaiahבְּנָיָהוּbenayahu
Benaiah
Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."
Where else “benayahu” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehoyada
Jehoiada
Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."
Where else “yehoyada” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- and fell uponיִּפְגַּעyifga
fall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “yifga” appears- and put him to deathיְמִתֵyemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appears- and he was buriedיִּקָּבֵרyikaver
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikaver” appears- at his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
33So their blood shall return on the head of Joab and on the head of his offspring forever; but for David and for his offspring and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace forever from YHWH.”
34 · This verse (above)
35And the king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.