Holy Scripture

2 Samuel 23:20

A church father on this verse
“"He went down and struck the lion in the middle of the cistern." [2 Samuel 23:20] As it is said of Benaiah: And he went down and struck the lion in the middle of the cistern on a snowy day (Book VII, Antiquities, ch. 12), how this was done, Josephus recounts more clearly, because the cistern was indeed very deep, whic…”
Bede, 8th c. — Questions on the Book of Kings #10

Source: Septuagint

Original

20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Kabzeel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

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In context

18And Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.

19Of those three he was most honorable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the first three.

— 2 Samuel 23:20 —

21He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

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