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20 Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a hero from Kabzeel who performed great deeds. He killed the two sons[a] of Ariel from Moab. He once went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day. 21 He also killed a giant[b] Egyptian who had a spear in his hand. Benaiah went against him armed with a staff. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22 These were the kinds of things Jehoiada’s son Benaiah did. He made a name for himself along with the three warriors.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:20 LXX; MT lacks sons.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:21 MT handsome; cf 1 Chron 11:23

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