2 Samuel 23:20-28
20 And a Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man ▼
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Or the son of Ishhai
of c Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels
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The meaning of the word ariel is unknown
of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21 And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. 23 He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. 24 e Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 f Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh g of Tekoa, 27 Abiezer h of Anathoth, Mebunnai i the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon j the Ahohite, Maharai k of Netophah,
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