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20 Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three.[a] And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred whom he killed and made a name for himself[b] among the three. 21 He was twice as renowned[c] among the three[d] and was their commander. But he did not attain to the three. 22 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a strong man[e] from Kabzeel, one who did great deeds. He himself struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Other manuscripts have “thirty” which makes better sense in the context
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:20 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Literally “he was glorified double”
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Other manuscripts have “thirty,” which makes better sense in the context
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Literally “a son of a strong man”