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20 Now Abishai,[a] the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty.[b] With his spear he fought against three hundred and killed them, and won a name beside the Three. 21 He was the most renowned[c] of the Thirty,[d] and became their commander; but he did not attain to the Three.

22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[e] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of[f] Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Gk Vg Tg Compare 2 Sam 23.18: Heb Abshai
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Syr: Heb Three
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Compare 2 Sam 23.19: Heb more renowned among the two
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Syr: Heb Three
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Syr: Heb the son of a valiant man
  6. 1 Chronicles 11:22 See 2 Sam 23.20: Heb lacks sons of

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