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2 Samuel 23:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 23:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 He was the most renowned of the Thirty[a] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the Three.
20 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior[b] from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel[c] of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.(A) 21 And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
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