KJV King James Version
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
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1 Chronicles 11:22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
WEB World English Bible
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
ASV American Standard Version
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he hath smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 11
19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew [them], and had a name among the three.
21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand [was] a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24 These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
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בְּנָיָ֨הH1141 · be.na.yahBenaiahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childיְהוֹיָדָ֧עH3077 · ye.ho.ya.daJehoiadaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאִֽישׁ־H376 · ishmanחַ֛יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersרַב־H7227 · ravmanyפְּעָלִ֖יםH6467 · po.alworkמִֽן־H4480 · minfromקַבְצְאֵ֑לH6909 · qav.tse.elKabzeelה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהִכָּ֗הH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]שְׁנֵ֤יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoאֲרִיאֵל֙H739 · a.ri.elArielמוֹאָ֔בH4124 · mo.avMoabוְ֠הוּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיָרַ֞דH3381 · ya.radto go downוְהִכָּ֧הH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאֲרִ֛יH738 · a.rilionבְּת֥וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהַבּ֖וֹרH953 · borpitבְּי֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשָּֽׁלֶג׃H7950 · she.legsnow
Cross-references
2 Samuel 23:20-23And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:2 Samuel 8:18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.Joshua 15:21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,1 Kings 2:30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.1 Samuel 17:34-36And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:Judges 14:5-6Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.1 Chronicles 27:5-6The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.1 Chronicles 12:8And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab [was] over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:1 Kings 2:34-35So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which [belonged] to David, were not with Adonijah.1 Kings 1:38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
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