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22 Benaiah, whose father was a mighty warrior from Kabzeel, killed the two famous giants[a] from Moab. He also killed a lion in a slippery pit when there was snow on the ground. 23 Once he killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall, whose spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam. But Benaiah went up to him with only a club in his hand, and pulled the spear away from him and used it to kill him. 24-25 He was nearly as great as The Three, and he was very famous among The Thirty. David made him captain of his bodyguard.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:22 giants, literally, “ariels.” The meaning of the term is uncertain.

22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel,(A) performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.(B) 23 And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits[a] tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod(C) in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:23 That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters