1 Chronicles 11:22-47

11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab; ¹  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 ²  tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked ³  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 ⁴  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, ⁵ 

11:27 Shammoth the Harorite, ⁶ 

Helez the Pelonite, ⁷ 

11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

Abiezer the Anathothite,

11:29 Sibbekai ⁸  the Hushathite,

Ilai ⁹  the Ahohite,

11:30 Maharai the Netophathite,

Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,

11:31 Ithai ¹⁰  son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjaminite territory,

Benaiah the Pirathonite,

11:32 Hurai ¹¹  from the valleys of Gaash,

Abiel ¹²  the Arbathite,

11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, ¹³ 

Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

11:34 the sons of Hashem ¹⁴  the Gizonite,

Jonathan son of Shageh ¹⁵  the Hararite,

11:35 Ahiam son of Sakar ¹⁶  the Hararite,

Eliphal son of Ur, ¹⁷ 

11:36 Hepher the Mekerathite,

Ahijah the Pelonite,

11:37 Hezro ¹⁸  the Carmelite,

Naarai son of Ezbai,

11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, ¹⁹ 

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.

[11:22]  ¹ tc Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אֲרִיאֵל (’ari’el) is uncertain; some read “warrior.” The present translation assumes that the word is a proper name and that בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note the preceding שְׁנֵי, shÿney).

[11:23]  ² tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.

[11:23]  ³ tn Heb “went down to.”

[11:25]  ⁴ tn Or “more than.”

[11:26]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[11:27]  ⁶ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:25 has the variant spelling of “Shammah.”

[11:27]  ⁷ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:26 has the variant spelling of “Paltite.”

[11:29]  ⁸ tn In 2 Sam 23:27 this individual’s name is given as “Mebunnai.”

[11:29]  ⁹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:28 has the variant “Zalmon.”

[11:31]  ¹⁰ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:29 has the variant spelling “Ittai.”

[11:32]  ¹¹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:28 has the variant spelling “Hiddai.”

[11:32]  ¹² tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:31 has the variant spelling “Abi-Albon.”

[11:33]  ¹³ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:31 has the variant spelling “Barhumite.”

[11:34]  ¹⁴ tn In 2 Sam 23:32 this individual’s name is given as “Jashen.”

[11:34]  ¹⁵ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:33 has the variant spelling “Shammah.”

[11:35]  ¹⁶ tn In 2 Sam 23:33 this individual’s name is given as “Sharar.”

[11:35]  ¹⁷ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:34 has the variant “Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite.”

[11:37]  ¹⁸ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:35 has the variant spelling “Hezrai.”

[11:38]  ¹⁹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:36 has the variant “Igal son of Nathan from Zobah.”