2 Samuel 23:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
19 He was the most renowned of the Thirty,[a] and became their commander; but he did not attain to the Three.
20 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior[b] from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel[c] of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21 And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but Benaiah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
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- 2 Samuel 23:19 Syr Compare 1 Chr 11.25: Heb Was he the most renowned of the Three?
- 2 Samuel 23:20 Another reading is the son of Ish-hai
- 2 Samuel 23:20 Gk: Heb lacks sons of
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