⁸ From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were ^(A)swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

¹⁸ And the ^(A)three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was ^(B)as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

²⁰ And ^(A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man^[a] of ^(B)Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels^[b] of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

¹⁰ Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly ^(A)melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.

Amaziah's Victories

⁵ Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those ^(A)twenty years old and upward, and found that they were ^(B)300,000 choice men, fit for war, ^(C)able to handle spear and shield.

¹⁶ And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

²² And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man^[a] 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.