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20 Abshai, Joab’s brother and leader of these 30,[a] slaughtered 300 men in one battle with his spear and made a notable name for himself. 21 Of the three in the second rank, Abshai was the most honored and became their commander, but he was never promoted to the highest rank.

22 Benaiah (son of Jehoiada, son of a warrior of Kabzeel) performed great deeds—he killed the two warriors of Moab, killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day,

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Footnotes

  1. 11:20 Syriac and Hebrew read, “three.”

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