And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

Ver. 20. The son of a valiant man.] Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis. a

He slew two lion-like men.] Heb., Two Ariels of Moab, perhaps they were brothers, but coeur-de-lions certainly, b Or, He took two strong forts, called Ariel, both, - as Vatablus.

And slew a lion.] Which feared the people with his roaring. This was not rashness or ostentation, but magnanimity.

a Horat.

b Valentissimos., Trem.

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