2 Samuel 23:22

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

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In The King James Version

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.

In Context

21And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

23He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:7So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:9-39

David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1054.) 8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his… Read the whole commentary →

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