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1 Chronicles 11:22

in 1 Chronicles 11

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

KJV

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.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 11

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Benaiah - slew two lion-like men of Moab - The Targum says, “Benaiah was a valiant man, fearing sin, and of a righteous conduct in Kabzeel; he slew two of the nobles of Moab, who were like two strong lions. He was a great and righteous man as any in the second sanctuary.

This site's exposition

slew two lionlike men of Moab

on 1 Chronicles 11:22-25

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, is the roll's third-ranked man: he kills two lion-like champions of Moab, a lion itself in a pit on a day of snow, and an Egyptian giant of five cubits whom he disarms and kills with the man's own spear. Verse 25 records the reward David gives him, command over his own guard, a position Benaiah still holds at David's death, 1 Ki 1:38, before he inherits Joab's post under Solomon. The Targum reads him as valiant and fearing sin, a righteous man of the second sanctuary, a tradition the bench notes without adopting.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the L ORD ; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the L ORD by Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Benaiah . . . of Kabzeel--a town in the south of Judah (Jos 15:21; It is said that "he had done many acts," though three only are mentioned as specimens of his daring energy and fearless courage. slew two lionlike men of Moab--literally, "lions of God," that is, great lions or champions.

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The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בְּנָיָ֨הBenaiah

    benayahH114142 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H11214930 times

  • יְהוֹיָדָ֧עJehoiada

    yehoyada'H307751 times

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אִֽישׁ־a man of

    ʾish-H3761663 times

  • חַ֛יִלstrength

    chayilH2428246 times

  • רַב־great of

    rav-H7227454 times

  • פְּעָלִ֖יםdeeds

    pealimH6467

  • מִֽן־from

    min-H44801188 times

  • קַבְצְאֵ֑לKabzeel

    kavtzeelH6909

  • ה֣וּאhe

    hu'H19311879 times

  • הִכָּ֗הhe struck down

    hikahH5221499 times

  • אֵ֣ת<obj.>

    ʾetH85310935 times

  • שְׁנֵ֤יtwo

    sheneiH8147768 times

  • אֲרִיאֵל֙Ariel of

    ʾarielH739

  • מוֹאָ֔בMoab

    moavH4124181 times

  • וְ֠הוּאand he

    vehu'H19311879 times

  • יָרַ֞דhe went down

    yaradH3381381 times

  • וְהִכָּ֧הand he struck down

    vehikahH5221499 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הָאֲרִ֛יthe lion

    haariH738

  • בְּת֥וֹךְin [the] midst of

    betokhH8432418 times

  • הַבּ֖וֹרthe pit

    haborH95366 times

  • בְּי֥וֹםon [the] day of

    beyomH31172304 times

  • הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃the snow

    hashalegH7950

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 15:21

    These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:

    it leads to

    • Genesis 35:21

      Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

  • Through

    1 Kings 1:8

    But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 4:18

      Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

    • 2 Samuel 23:8–39

      These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    • 2 Samuel 20:25

      Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • Through

    2 Samuel 8:18

    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 30:14

      We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

    • 2 Samuel 15:18

      and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

    • 2 Samuel 20:23

      Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

    • 1 Chronicles 18:17

      Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.