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

20 And Benai′ah the son of Jehoi′ada was a valiant man[b] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels[c] of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but Benai′ah went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:19 1 Chr 11.25: Heb Was he the most renowned of the three?
  2. 2 Samuel 23:20 Another reading is the son of Ish-hai
  3. 2 Samuel 23:20 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown

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