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18 Now Abi′shai, the brother of Jo′ab, the son of Zeru′iah, was chief of the thirty.[a] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three. 19 He was the most renowned of the thirty,[b] and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.

20 And Benai′ah the son of Jehoi′ada was a valiant man[c] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels[d] of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 Two Hebrew Mss Syr: MT three
  2. 2 Samuel 23:19 1 Chron 11.25: Heb Was he the most renowned of the three?
  3. 2 Samuel 23:20 Another reading is the son of Ish-hai
  4. 2 Samuel 23:20 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown

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