1 Chronicles 11:23

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. And in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and 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.

1 Chronicles 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:23

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:23 In-Context

21 Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, for he was their captain; however he attained not to the first three.

22 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts: he slew two lionlike men of Moab; also he went down and slew a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. And in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and 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.

24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighties.

25 Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three; and David set him over his guard.