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21 He was the most renowned[a] of the Thirty[b] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the Three.(A)

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

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  1. 11.21 Heb more renowned among the two
  2. 11.21 Syr: Heb Three
  3. 11.22 Syr: Heb the son of a valiant man
  4. 11.22 Lucianic: Heb lacks sons of