20 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty.[a] And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three. 21 He was the most renowned[b] of the thirty[c] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

22 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[d] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Syriac; Hebrew three
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Compare 2 Samuel 23:19; Hebrew more renowned among the two
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Syriac; Hebrew three
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Syriac; Hebrew the son of a valiant man

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