1 Chronicles 11:23

23 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was ¹a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

1 Chronicles 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:23

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:23 In-Context

21 Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the first three.

22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day.

23 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

24 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.

25 Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three; and David appointed him over his guard.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 17:7

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "smote"
• [b] I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
• [c] Lit "smote"