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23 He even killed an Egyptian who was 7½ feet[a] tall. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked[b] him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 25 He received honor from[c] the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:23 tn Heb “5 cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:23 tn Heb “went down to.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:25 tn Or “more than.”