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Other Brave Soldiers

20 Joab’s brother, Abishai, was the leader of the Three Heroes. Abishai used his spear against 300 enemies and killed them. He was as famous as the Three Heroes. 21 Abishai was even more famous than the Three Heroes.[a] He became their leader, even though he was not one of the Three Heroes.

22 Then there was Benaiah son of Jehoiada, from Kabzeel. He was the son of a powerful man.[b] Benaiah did many brave things. He killed two of the best soldiers in Moab. One day when it was snowing, Benaiah went down into a hole in the ground and killed a lion.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:21 Three Heroes Or possibly, “The Thirty Heroes.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:22 powerful man That is, a man from the warrior class ready to protect his people in war.

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