I. BENAIAH, the Son of Jehoiada, Captain of David’s guard. He took the two lions 2 Sam: xxiii. 20.of Moab, that is to say, the two cities of Ar or Ariel, or the city Ar1, divided in two by the river Arnon. He killed also a lion that had fall’n into a pit in a time of great snows. He fought a giant five cubits high, armed with sword and spear, tho’ he had a staff only in his hand, and left him dead upon the spot. He adhered to Solomon’s party against Adonijah, was sent by Solomon to kill Joab, and was 1 Kings i. 36. ii. 29.made Generalissimo in his place.
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Translators’ note. In the Hebrew we read ,שני אראלSchene Ariel, two lions, as the Author observes. The word El in composition with Ari, signifies a Lion of God, or a very strong lion; as by the Cedars of God are meant very tall Cedars. ↩