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Benaiah approaches a tall Egyptian spear-bearer with a wooden staff.
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1 Chronicles 11:23

Benaiah and the Egyptian

David at Hebron, Zion, and His Mighty Men · 1 Chronicles 11

Story guide: Benaiah approaches the tall Egyptian with a staff, takes his massive spear, and kills him with it. Three scenes preserve the approach, disarming, and dignified aftermath.

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23And he struck down the Egyptian, a man five cubits tall. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, and he went down to him with a staff, snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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