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1 Chronicles 11:23 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 11 · verse 23
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 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 11:23 in context
21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
23And 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.
24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EgyptianMitsrîya Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimH4713 →
- weaver'sʼâragto plait or weaveH707 →
- staturemiddâhproperly, extensionH4060 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- spearchănîytha lanceH2595 →
- staffshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
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We have here an account of David's worthies, the great men of his time that served him and were preferred by him. The first edition of this catalogue we had, Sa2 23:8, etc. This is much the same, only that those named here from Ch1 11:41 to the end are added. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-47