Kings II 23:21

21 He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Kings II 23:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:21

And the king commanded all the people
Not at Jerusalem only, but throughout the whole kingdom: saying,

keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book
of the covenant;
which had been lately found and read, and they had agreed to observe, and in which this ordinance was strictly enjoined, and was a commemoration of their deliverance out of Egypt, and a direction of their faith to the Messiah, the antitype of the passover.

Kings II 23:21 In-Context

19 Of those three most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the three.

20 And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

21 He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22 These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

23 He was honourable among the three, but he reached not to the three: and David made him his reporter. And these the names of King David's mighty men.

Footnotes

• [a]. to be seen.