22 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who [a]had done many deeds. (A)He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. 23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, [b]five cubits tall. In the Egyptian’s hand there was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 24 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:22 was great in deeds
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:23 About 7 1⁄2 feet

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