18. Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three.
19. He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three.
20. Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
21. He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, 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.
22. These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.
23. He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.