1 Chronicles 27:5 Meaning and Explanation
“The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 27:5 Mean?
The third month belongs to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, here called a chief priest, a man who elsewhere appears as one of David's mightiest warriors and later as captain of the royal guard. In him priestly heritage and soldierly courage meet in a single life of service to the king.
A heart set on God need not be soft toward danger, nor a brave heart far from holy things. Benaiah shows that devotion and strength belong together. The Lord can take all that a person is, both their reverence and their courage, and set it wholly in His service.
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What does 1 Chronicles 27:5 mean?
Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a man of priestly descent and famed valor, commands the third division.