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2 Samuel 23:18-23

18AndAbishaiוַאֲבִישַׁ֞יva.'a.vi.ShaiH52,thebrotherאֲחִ֣י׀'a.ChiH251ofJoabיוֹאָ֣בyo.'AvH3097,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZeruiahצְרוּיָ֗הtze.ru.YahH6870,waschiefרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218ofthethreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔הha.she.lo.shiH7969.Andhelifteduphisspearחֲנִית֔וֹcha.ni.ToH2595againstthreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredH3967andslewthem,andhadanameשֵׁ֖םshemH8034amongthethreeבַּשְּׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ba.she.lo.ShahH7969.

19WasH1961henotmosthonorableofthethreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁה֙ha.she.lo.ShahH7969?thereforehewasH1961madeH3513theircaptain: howbeitheattainednotuntothefirstthreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖הha.she.lo.ShahH7969.

20AndBenaiahוּבְנָיָ֨הוּu.ve.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֧עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofavaliantmanאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376ofKabzeelמִֽקַּבְצְאֵ֑לmi.kav.tze.'ElH6909,whohaddonemightydeedsפְּעָלִ֖יםpe.'a.LimH6467,heslewthetwoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147sonsH1121ofArielofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124:hewentH3381downיָרַ֞דya.RadH3381alsoandslewalionהָאֲרִ֛יha.'a.ri.yahH738inthemidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofapitהַבֹּ֖ארha.BorH953intimeofsnowהַשָּֽׁלֶג׃ha.Sha.legH7950.

21AndheslewH2026anEgyptianH4713,agoodlymanH376:andtheEgyptianH4713hadaspearחֲנִ֔יתcha.NitH2595inhishandוּבְיַ֤דu.ve.YadH3027;buthewentH3381downוַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381tohimwithastaffבַּשָּׁ֑בֶטba.Sha.vetH7626,andpluckedthespearהַחֲנִית֙ha.cha.NitH2595outoftheEgyptian’shandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027,andslewH2026himwithhisownspearבַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃ba.cha.ni.ToH2595.

22Thesethingsאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428didBenaiahבְּנָיָ֖הוּbe.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֑עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077,andhadanameשֵׁ֖םshemH8034amongthethreeבִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥הbish.lo.ShahH7969mightyH1368menH1368.

23Hewasmoreמִן־min-H4480honorablethanthethirtyהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣יםha.she.lo.ShimH7970,butheattainednottothefirstthreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖הha.she.lo.ShahH7969.AndDavidדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732setH7760himoverhisguard.

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