(A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; (B)Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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20 And (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[a] of (B)Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels[b] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:20 Or the son of Ishhai
  2. 2 Samuel 23:20 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown

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