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2 Samuel 23:18-20
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 Samuel 23:18-20
English Standard Version Anglicised
18 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.[a] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men[b] and killed them and won a name beside the three. 19 He was the most renowned of the thirty[c] and became their commander, but he did not attain to (A)the three.
20 And (B)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[d] of (C)Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels[e] of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
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- 2 Samuel 23:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts three
- 2 Samuel 23:18 Or slain ones
- 2 Samuel 23:19 1 Chronicles 11:25; Hebrew Was he the most renowned of the three?
- 2 Samuel 23:20 Or the son of Ishhai
- 2 Samuel 23:20 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown
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