²¹ He was the most renowned^[a] of the thirty^[b] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

²² And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man^[c] 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. ²³ And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits^[d] tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear ^(A)like a weaver's beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

²⁷ The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him 3,700.