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1 Chronicles 11:23

World English Bible

He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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1 Chronicles 11:23 in other translations

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.

1 Chronicles 11:23 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 11:23 in context

  1. 21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three.
  2. 22Benaiah 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 on a snowy day.
  3. 23He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
  4. 24Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.
  5. 25Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three; and David set him over his guard.