21
He was the most renowned of the Thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the Three.
22
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
23
And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver's beam; but Benaiah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
24
Such were the things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, and he won a name beside the three warriors.
25
He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.