2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior ¹  from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. ²  He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

Ex 15:15; Jos 15:21; Jud 14:5,6; 1Sa 17:34-37; 2Sa 1:23; 2Sa 8:18; 2Sa 20:23; 1Ki 1:8,26,38; 1Ki 2:29-35,46; 1Ch 11:22-24; 1Ch 12:8; 1Ch 18:17; 1Ch 27:5,6

¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading חַיִל (khayil, “valor”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, חַי (khay, “life”).

² tc Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אריאל is uncertain; some read “warrior.” The present translation assumes that the word is a proper name and that בני, “sons of,” has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note the preceding שׁני).