1 Chronicles 11:22

22 [And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 11:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:22

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:22 In-Context

20 Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three. And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred [whom he] killed and [made] a name for himself among the three.
21 {He was twice as renowned} among the three and was their commander. But he did not attain to the three.
22 [And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.
23 And he himself struck down an Egyptian man, a large man five cubits [tall]. And in the hand of the Egyptian [was] a spear like a weaver's beam. But he went down to him with a club and seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his own spear.
24 These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and had a name among the three mighty warriors.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "a son of a strong man"
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