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2 Samuel 23:21

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He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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2 Samuel 23:21 in other translations

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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.

2 Samuel 23:21 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 23:21 in context

  1. 19Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
  2. 20Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.
  3. 21He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
  4. 22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.
  5. 23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.