Jehoiada, a chief priest Or rather, a chief prince, as the Hebrew word כהן, cohen, often signifies. For it is certain neither Benaiah nor his father was high-priest or second priest. In his course was Ammizabad his son Who seems to have been his father's lieutenant, because his father was captain of the king's guard, (2 Samuel 18:18,) and therefore needed a deputy in the one or other place.
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1 Chronicles 27:5-6
5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chiefb priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.