This was the Benaiah who was (A)mighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty; in his division was Ammizabad his son.

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20 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from (A)Kabzeel, [a]who had done many deeds. (B)He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. 21 And he killed an Egyptian, [b]a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men. 23 He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him (C)over his guard.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:20 Lit. great of acts
  2. 2 Samuel 23:21 Lit. a man of appearance

22 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who [a]had done many deeds. (A)He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. 23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, [b]five cubits tall. In the Egyptian’s hand there was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 24 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men. 25 Indeed he was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:22 was great in deeds
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:23 About 7 1⁄2 feet

20 (A)He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He (B)delighted in me.

21 “The(C) Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the (D)cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
22 For I have (E)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all His (F)judgments were before me;
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

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