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21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian.[a] The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked[b] him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:21 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (ʾish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher, “who”).
  2. 2 Samuel 23:21 tn Heb “and he went down to.”