The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the priest, as chief: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Priest. This we read no where else, so that some understand, "a chief officer at court "2 Kings viii. 18. (Calmet)
But he might be (Haydock) of the tribe of Levi. (Menochius)
His exploits are mentioned, chap. xi. 21.
