21 And he slew an Egyptian a [a]man of great stature, and the Egyptian had a [b]spear in his hand: but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies.

23 He was honorable among [c]thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David made him of his counsel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:21 Or, a comely man.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:21 Which was as big as a weaver’s beam, 1 Chron. 11:23.
  3. 2 Samuel 23:23 He was more valiant than the thirty that follow, and not so valiant as the six before.

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