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He was the most renowned of the Thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the Three.
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
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And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver's beam; 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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Such were the things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, and he won a name beside the three warriors.
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He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
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The warriors of the armies were Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pelonite,
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Ira son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,
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Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
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Maharai of Netophah, Heled son of Baanah of Netophah,
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Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjaminites, Benaiah of Pirathon,