23. He also killed an Egyptian seven and a half feet tall, who was holding a spear like a weaver’s beam. Benaiah went down to him with a club, grabbed the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with it.
24. These were the exploits of Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son; he wasn’t considered one of the three warriors.
25. He was famous among the Thirty, but didn’t become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard.
26. The mighty warriors:Asahel, Joab’s brother;Elhanan, Dodo’s son from Bethlehem;
27. Shammoth from Haror;Helez from Pelon;
28. Ira, Ikkesh’s son from Tekoa;Abiezer from Anathoth;
29. Sibbecai the Hushathite;Ilai from Ahoh;
30. Maharai from Netophah;Heled, Baanah’s son from Netophah;
31. Ithai, Ribai’s son from Gibeah of the Benjaminites;Benaiah from Pirathon;
32. Hurai from the Gaash ravines;Abiel the Arbathite;
33. Azmaveth from Baharum;Eliahba from Shaalbon;
34. Hashem the Gizonite;Jonathan, Shagee’s son from Harar;