17 And he said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this! Is this not athe blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.
18 Now aAbishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of another three. He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.
19 Was he not the most honored of three? Therefore he became their captain. However, he did not attain to the first three.
20 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from aKabzeel, who had done many deeds. bHe had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
21 And he killed an Egyptian,1 a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
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Definitions of words in 2 Samuel 23:19:
Attain {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Captain {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Captain {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
First {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Three {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Other definition entries containing 2 Samuel 23:19:
Giants {Easton's}
Attain {I.S.B.E.}
Text Of The Old Testament {I.S.B.E.}
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