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2 Samuel 23:19-23

2 Samuel 23:19

He was the most honored among the thirty, so he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the reputation of the three.

2 Samuel 23:20

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done great deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

2 Samuel 23:21

And he killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

2 Samuel 23:22

These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.

2 Samuel 23:23

He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain the reputation of the three. And David appointed him over his bodyguard.