21
Of the three in the second rank he had the most honor and was therefore made their leader; however, he did not achieve the status of the first three.
22
B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtze'el, was a man of many exploits. He struck down two lion-hearted men of Mo'av. One day when it was snowing, he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
23
Here is how he killed an Egyptian, a man who was very tall, seven-and-a-half feet: the Egyptian had a spear in his hand the size of a weaver's beam; he went down to him with only a stick, seized the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
24
These are things that B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada did that earned him a name among the three warrior-heroes.
25
He had more honor than the thirty, but he did not achieve the status of the first three. David put him in command of his personal guard.