21 He was the most renowned[a] of the thirty[b] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

22 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[c] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 23 And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits[d] tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear (A)like a weaver's beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Compare 2 Samuel 23:19; Hebrew more renowned among the two
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Syriac; Hebrew three
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Syriac; Hebrew the son of a valiant man
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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