21 Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored, and he became their commander; however, he did not attain the reputation of the first three.

22 (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a warrior of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck and killed the [a]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day. 23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature [b]five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was (B)a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Or two lion-like heroes of
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:23 About 7.5 ft. or 2.3 m

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