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The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his course were twenty-four thousand.
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Clarifying Leadership Roles
Scholars clarify the specific roles mentioned in this verse. Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was the military commander or "chief" of this division. His father, Jehoiada, was the priest. Commentators explain that the title "chief priest" likely referred not to the High Priest, but to a high-ranking deputy, highlighting the ordered structure of Israel's leadership.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A chief priest—Rather, “the chief priest”—an expression which means not the high priest, but probably the high priest’s deputy, who is somet…
19th Century
Anglican
The third captain of the host. —Hebrew, captain of the third host. So the Vulgate.
Benaiah. —See […
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:2)
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