1 Chronicles 11:21-31

21 He was the most renowned of the Thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the Three.
22 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.
23 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.
24 Such were the things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, and he won a name beside the three warriors.
25 He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
26 The warriors of the armies were Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
27 Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pelonite,
28 Ira son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30 Maharai of Netophah, Heled son of Baanah of Netophah,
31 Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjaminites, Benaiah of Pirathon,

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Compare 2 Sam 23.19: Heb [more renowned among the two]
  • [b]. Syr: Heb [Three]
  • [c]. Syr: Heb [the son of a valiant man]
  • [d]. See 2 Sam 23.20: Heb lacks [sons of]
  • [e]. Compare 2 Sam 23.25: Heb [the Harorite]
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