2 Samuel 23:18-23
18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. ▼▼Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts three
And he wielded his spear against three hundred men ▼▼Or slain ones
and killed them and won a name beside the three. 19He was the most renowned of the thirty ▼▼Compare 1 Chronicles 11:25; Hebrew Was he the most renowned of the three?
and became their commander, but he did not attain to dthe three. 20And eBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man ▼
▼Or the son of Ishhai
of gKabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels ▼▼The meaning of the word ariel is unknown
of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. 23He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
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