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Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:
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And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear
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These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
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He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.
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Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,
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Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
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Helez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
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Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite,
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Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
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Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,