1 Chronicles 11:24

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

1 Chronicles 11:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:24

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:24 In-Context

22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

23 He also smote the Egyptian, a man of 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 he had a name among the three mighty men.

25 Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.

26 And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,