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20 Now Abi′shai, the brother of Jo′ab, was chief of the thirty.[a] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three. 21 He was the most renowned[b] of the thirty,[c] and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.

22 And Benai′ah the son of Jehoi′ada was a valiant man[d] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels[e] of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Syr: Heb three
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Compare 2 Sam 23.19: Heb more renowned among the two
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Syr: Heb three
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Syr: Heb the son of a valiant man
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:22 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown

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