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Text -- 1 Chronicles 11:20-47 (NET)
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11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame along with the three elite warriors.
11:21 From the three he was given double honor and he became their officer , even though he was not one of them .
11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits . He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab ; he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day .
11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall . The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club . He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear .
11:24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada , who gained fame along with the three elite warriors .
11:25 He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard .
11:26 The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab , Elhanan son of Dodo , from Bethlehem ,
11:27 Shammoth the Harorite , Helez the Pelonite ,
11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite , Abiezer the Anathothite ,
11:29 Sibbekai the Hushathite , Ilai the Ahohite ,
11:30 Maharai the Netophathite , Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite ,
11:31 Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjaminite territory, Benaiah the Pirathonite ,
11:32 Hurai from the valleys of Gaash , Abiel the Arbathite ,
11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite , Eliahba the Shaalbonite ,
11:34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite , Jonathan son of Shageh the Hararite ,
11:35 Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite , Eliphal son of Ur ,
11:36 Hepher the Mekerathite , Ahijah the Pelonite ,
11:37 Hezro the Carmelite , Naarai son of Ezbai ,
11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan , Mibhar son of Hagri ,
11:39 Zelek the Ammonite , Naharai the Beerothite , the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah ,
11:40 Ira the Ithrite , Gareb the Ithrite ,
11:41 Uriah the Hittite , Zabad son of Achli ,
11:42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite , leader of the Reubenites and the thirty warriors with him,
11:43 Hanan son of Maacah , Joshaphat the Mithnite ,
11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite , Shama and Jeiel , the sons of Hotham the Aroerite ,
11:45 Jediael son of Shimri , and Joha his brother , the Tizite ,
11:46 Eliel the Mahavite , and Jeribai and Joshaviah , the sons of Elnaam , and Ithmah the Moabite ,
11:47 Eliel , and Obed , and Jaasiel the Mezobaite .
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NET Notes: 1Ch 11:22 Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אֲרִיאֵל (’ari’el) is unc...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 11:35 The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:34 has the variant “Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite.”
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