Person · biblical_figure
Benaiah son of Jehoiada
- Region
- Biblical Jerusalem setting
A court figure in Kings under David and Solomon, reused in the Talmudic tale as the man who brings Ashmedai.
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- Edition
- 3
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada appears in 1 Kings 1 among David's men who accompany Solomon's accession. The biblical story places him in the royal setting conventionally assigned to the late eleventh and tenth centuries BCE. That is the setting of the narrative, not an independent biographical record. [1]
In the much later Talmudic narrative of Gittin 68a, Solomon sends Benaiah to bring Ashmedai. He drains the spirit's well, fills it with wine, and then binds him with a chain bearing a divine name. This trick is not part of the accession scene in Kings. [2]
References and notes
- The specified source portion only; this does not imply reading the entire book. 1 Kings 1:32–40 read. Return to the text ↑
- The specified source portion only; this does not imply reading the entire book. Gittin 68a:10–13 read through public API. Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Benaiah son of Jehoiada», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/benaiah-son-of-jehoiada