King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 23:21
“And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 23
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.
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:
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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 three mighty men.
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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