2 Samuel 23:20 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 23:20

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.

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ASV

And 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

And 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: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:21; the father of this man was a man of great vivacity, valour, and strength, so that it was like father like son.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Pit - Where he put himself under a necessity, either of killing, or being killed. Of snow - When lions are most fierce, both from the sharpness of their appetite in cold seasons, and from want of provisions.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Benaiah did many great things. [1.] He slew two Moabites that were lion-like men, so bold and strong, so fierce and furious. [2.] He slew an Egyptian, on what occasion it is not said; he was well armed but Benaiah attacked him with no other weapon than a walking staff, dexterously wrested his spear out of his hand, and slew him with it,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Two lion-like men of Moab - Some think that two real lions are meant; some that they were two savage gigantic men; others, that two fortresses are meant. The words שני אראל מואב sheney ariel Moab may signify, as the Targum has rendered it, ית תרין רברבי מואב yath terein rabrebey Moab, “The two princes of Moab.”

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ	u.ve.na.Ya.hu	and Benaiah	H1141 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהוֹיָדָ֧ע	ye.ho.ya.Da'	Jehoiada	H3077 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[was] a son of	H1121 →
אִֽישׁ־	'ish-	a man	H376 →
חַ֛יִל	chai	of strength	H2428 →
רַב־	rav-	great of	H7227 →
פְּעָלִ֖ים	pe.'a.Lim	deeds	H6467 →
מִֽקַּבְצְאֵ֑ל	mi.kav.tze.'El	from Kabzeel	H6909 →
ה֣וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
הִכָּ֗ה	hi.Kah	he struck down	H5221 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁנֵ֤י	she.Nei	[the] two	H8147 →
אֲרִאֵל֙	'a.ri.'El	[the] lion-like men of	H739 →
מוֹאָ֔ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וְ֠הוּא	Ve.hu'	and he	H1931 →
יָרַ֞ד	ya.Rad	he went down	H3381 →
וְהִכָּ֧ה	ve.hi.Kah	and he struck down	H5221 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֲרִ֛י	ha.'a.ri.yah	the lion	H738 →
בְּת֥וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in [the] midst of	H8432 →
הַבֹּ֖אר	ha.Bor	the pit	H953 →
בְּי֥וֹם	be.Yom	on [the] day of	H3117 →
הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃	ha.Sha.leg	the snow	H7950 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 20:23
Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:16–18
  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 4:18
  Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- 2 Samuel 20:25
  Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 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.
Through
2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
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 20:7
  So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:23
  Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
Through
Joshua 15:21
These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:
leads to
- Genesis 35:21
  Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

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