23 And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits[a] tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear 1like a weaver's beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
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1 Chronicles 11:23 In-Context
21 He was the most renowned of the thirty and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.
22 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
23 And he struck down 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 down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and won a name beside the three mighty men.
25 He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.