Person Old Testament
Jehoiada
Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, succeeded Ahithophel as King David's counselor. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 27:34.
Why it matters. Counselor to King David after Ahithophel
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jehoiada
Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, is mentioned in 1Ch.27.34 as a counselor to King David. This chapter lists the various officials and administrators who served during David's reign, including the counselors who advised the king. Jehoiada is specifically noted as the successor to Ahithophel, who had been David's previous counselor before he defected to support Absalom's rebellion (2Sa.15.12, 31).
The fact that Jehoiada is identified as the son of Benaiah suggests that he may have been the grandson of the high priest Jehoiada.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Benaiah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)