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1 Chronicles 11:24 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. "
1 Chronicles 11:24
Verse in Context
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Benaiah 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.
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.
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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1 Chronicles 11:1
"Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh."
1 Chronicles 11:2
"And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel."
1 Chronicles 11:3
"Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel."
1 Chronicles 11:4
"And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land."
1 Chronicles 11:5
"And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David."
1 Chronicles 11:6
"And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went ➔ first up, and was chief."
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