23 And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits ; and in the hand of the Egyptian a spear like a weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
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Chronicles I 11:23 In-Context
21 He was more famous than the two of the three, and he was chief them; yet he reached not to the three.
22 And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
23 And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits ; and in the hand of the Egyptian a spear like a weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24 These things did Banaia son of Jodae, and his name among the three mighties.
25 He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the three: and David set him over his family.
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