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{He was twice as renowned} among the three and was their commander. But he did not attain to the three.
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[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.
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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.
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These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and had a name among the three mighty warriors.
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He himself was certainly distinguished among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his bodyguard.