king david's warriors - Benaiah
Benaiah is singled out by the text for being a particularly great warrior, as famous as The Three , and significantly more respected than any of The Thirty , for which reason he was put in charge of the royal bodyguard. As with Abishai, the text emphasises that despite these qualities, Benaiah was not a member of The Three . The text gives a list of Benaiah's great exploits , suggesting that these are what brought him fame and honour; compared with the feats ascribed by the text to Abishai, and to the members of The Three , Benaiah's feats are somewhat minor (though regarded by scholars as more realistic):

• Killing two of Moab's best warriors
• Killing a lion in a pit on a snowy day
• Attacking an Egyptian with a club, stealing the spear that the Egyptian was using, and killing the Egyptian with it.

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