21. He was twice as renowned among the three and was their commander. But he did not attain to the three.
22. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a strong man from Kabzeel, one who did great deeds. He himself struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.
23. And he himself struck down an Egyptian man, a large man five cubits tall. And in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear like a weaver’s beam. But he went down to him with a club and seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his own spear.
24. These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and had a name among the three mighty warriors.
25. He himself was certainly distinguished among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his bodyguard.
26. Now the mighty warriors of the troops were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
27. Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28. Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
29. Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30. Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
31. Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32. Hurai of the valleys of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33. Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34. the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jehonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,
35. Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
36. Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37. Hezro the Carmelite, Naari the son of Ezbai,
38. Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,