2 Samuel 23:22

22 These were the kinds of things Jehoiada's son Benaiah did. He made a name for himself along with the three warriors.

2 Samuel 23:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:22

These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
Slew a lion, and two lion-like men of Moab, and an Egyptian of a gigantic stature, ( 2 Samuel 23:20 2 Samuel 23:21 ) :

and had the name among three mighty men;
of which he was one, and Abishai another, the third Asahel, one of the thirty; or was over them, ( 2 Samuel 23:24 ) , since thirty are reckoned without him. Abarbinel thinks that the third was Adina, the son of Shiza, the Reubenite, ( 1 Chronicles 11:42 ) ; since thirty were with him, and he at the head of them.

2 Samuel 23:22 In-Context

20 Jehoiada's son Benaiah was a hero from Kabzeel who performed great deeds. He killed the two sons of Ariel from Moab. He once went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day.

21 He also killed a giant Egyptian who had a spear in his hand. Benaiah went against him armed with a staff. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

22 These were the kinds of things Jehoiada's son Benaiah did. He made a name for himself along with the three warriors.

23 He was famous among the Thirty, but he didn't become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard.

24 Among the Thirty were: Asahel, Joab's brother; Elhanan, Dodo's son from Bethlehem;