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Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was from Kabzeel and was a brave man who did many things. He killed two distinguished soldiers from Moab. He also went into a cistern and killed a lion on the day it snowed.
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Joab's brother Abishai was the leader of the thirty. He used his spear to kill 300 men, but he was not one of the three,
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although he was honored more than they were. So he became their captain but didn't become a member of the three.
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Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was from Kabzeel and was a brave man who did many things. He killed two distinguished soldiers from Moab. He also went into a cistern and killed a lion on the day it snowed.
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He killed an eight-foot-tall Egyptian. The Egyptian had a spear like a weaver's beam in his hand. But Benaiah went to him with a club, grabbed the spear away from him, and killed him with it.
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These are the things that Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, did. He was as famous as the three fighting men.