ye.ho.ya.da is a personal name borne by figures identified in family, priestly, royal, and military settings.

The name identifies people in several narrated settings, most prominently the priest who directs the protection and installation of the king in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, and the father named in the designation “Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” It also occurs in family and administrative notices, including a man called “Jehoiada son of Benaiah.”

1. Personal name in narrative and family identification · dominant

   The proper-noun form identifies a named person rather than a common object or action. In 2 Chronicles 23:16 the APB renders the clause “Jehoiada cut a covenant between himself and all the people and the king”; in 2 Samuel 23:20 it identifies Benaiah through the phrase “Benaiah son of Jehoiada”; and in 1 Chronicles 27:34 it names “Jehoiada son of Benaiah.”

   2 Chronicles 23:162 Kings 11:42 Samuel 23:201 Kings 2:351 Chronicles 27:34Jeremiah 29:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the name directly, often within identifying phrases such as “Benaiah son of Jehoiada” and “Jehoiada the priest.” In several verses, including 2 Kings 12:10, the translation’s wording does not visibly isolate the name’s contribution despite the supplied proper-noun token.