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

20 And (B)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[b] of (C)Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels[c] of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21 And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:19 Compare 1 Chronicles 11:21; Hebrew Was he the most renowned of the three?
  2. 2 Samuel 23:20 Or the son of Ishhai
  3. 2 Samuel 23:20 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown

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