²² Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant man^[a] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of^[b] Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.^(A)

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)

¹⁸ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over^[a] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.^(A)

²¹ The towns belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

⁵ The third commander, for the third month, was Benaiah son of the chief priest Jehoiada; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁶ This is the Benaiah who was a mighty man of the Thirty and in command of the Thirty; his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.^[a](A)