2 Samuel 23:20-23

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²⁰ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior^[a] from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel^[b] of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.^{(A) 21} And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. ²² Such were the things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and won a name beside the three warriors. ²³ He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.^(B)