Verse 20

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Benaiah, sønn av Jojada, en modig mann fra Kabseel, utførte store gjerninger. Han drepte Moabs beste to krigere og gikk ned i en brønn og drepte en løve på en snøfylt dag.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Benaja, sønn av Jehojada, sønn av en modig mann fra Kabseel, som hadde gjort mange store gjerninger, han slo to løveaktige menn fra Moab: han gikk også ned og slo en løve i en brønn på en snødag.

• Norsk King James

  Og Benaiah, sønn av Jehojada, sønn av en tapper mann fra Kabzeel, utførte mange store gjerninger; han drepte to løveraktige menn fra Moab; han gikk også ned og drepte en løve i en grav i snø.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Benaja, sønn av Jojada, en modig mann fra Kabseel, gjorde store gjerninger. Han slo to løveaktige menn av Moab, og han gikk ned og drepte en løve i en brønn på snødagen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Benaja, sønn av Jojada, ønsket å bli kjent blant de tre. Dette gjorde Benaja, sønn av Jojada, som var av en stormann fra Kabseel, han slo to av Moabs beste menn. Han gikk også ned og slo en løve i brønnen på en snøfull dag.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Benaia, sønn av Jojada, sønn av en tapper mann fra Kabseel, som hadde utført mange bragder, slo to løvelignende menn av Moab: han gikk også ned og slo en løve i en grop i snøtiden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Benaiah, sønn av Jehoiada – sønn av en tapper mann fra Kabzeel, som hadde utført mange gjerninger – slo ned to menn, som liknende løver, fra Moab. Han gikk også ned og drepte en løve midt i en grop under snøvær.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Benaia, sønn av Jojada, sønn av en tapper mann fra Kabseel, som hadde utført mange bragder, slo to løvelignende menn av Moab: han gikk også ned og slo en løve i en grop i snøtiden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Benaja, sønn av Jojada, en tapper mann fra Kabseel, som hadde gjort mange store gjerninger, slo to løveaktige menn fra Moab. Han gikk også ned i en brønn og slo en løve på en snørik dag.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Benaia, sønn av Jojada, en modig mann fra Kabseel, gjorde mange store bedrifter. Han slo ned de to sønnene av Ariel fra Moab. Han gikk også ned og slo en løve i en brønn på en snødag.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Benaja, Jojadas Søn, var en stridbar Mands Søn, stor i Gjerninger, fra Kabzeel; han slog to Stærke (som) Løver af Moabiterne, og han gik ned og slog en Løve midt i en Brønd en Dag, (da der var) Snee.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Benaja, sønn av Jojada, sønn av en tapper mann fra Kabzel, som hadde gjort mange dåder, han slo to løveliknende menn fra Moab; han gikk også ned og drepte en løve midt i en grop i snøværet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Benaja, sønn av Jehojada, sønn av en tapper mann av Kabseal, som hadde gjort store gjerninger, han drepte de to [sønnene til] Ariel fra Moab: han gikk også ned og drepte en løve midt i et hull tidlig om vinteren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Benaia, sønn av Jojada, en modig mann, stor i gjerninger, fra Kabseel, slo to løvelignende menn fra Moab, han gikk også ned og drepte en løve i en grop på en snørik dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Benaja, sønn av Jojada, sønn av en tapper mann fra Kabseel, hadde utført store gjerninger. Han slo de to sønnene til Ariel av Moab. Han gikk også ned og drepte en løve i en brønn om vinteren.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Benaia, sønn av Jojada, en kriger fra Kabseel, hadde gjort store dåder; han felte de to sønnene til Ariel fra Moab: han gikk ned i en grop og drepte en løve i snøvær:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, the sonne of Ishail (a man of greate actes of Cabzeell) smote two mightie giautes of ye Moabites, & wete downe, & slewe a lyon at a well in the snowe tyme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also, and slewe a lyon in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Banaiah the sonne of Iehoida the sonne of a mightie man, valiaunt in actes, of Rabzeel, slue two strog men of Moab: He went downe also, and slue a lion in the middest of a pit in time of snowe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valour, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he hath smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Josh 15:21 : 21 The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom southward were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
• 2 Sam 8:18 : 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief officials.
• 2 Sam 20:23 : 23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites.
• 1 Chr 11:22-24 : 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many deeds; he killed two lion-like men of Moab. Also, he went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day. 23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. 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 out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear. 24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had a name among the three mighty men.
• Exod 15:15 : 15 Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
• 1 Kgs 1:8 : 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
• 1 Kgs 1:26 : 26 But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not called.
• 1 Kgs 1:38 : 38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule and brought him to Gihon.
• 1 Kgs 2:29-35 : 29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.
• 1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down and he died. And the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
• Judg 14:5-6 : 5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring against him. 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
• 1 Sam 17:34-37 : 34 David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.
• 2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
• 1 Chr 12:8 : 8 And of the Gadites there came to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men of war ready for battle, who could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the gazelles upon the mountains;
• 1 Chr 18:17 : 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials around the king.
• 1 Chr 27:5-6 : 5 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. 6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.