the locust shell

On a snowy day

In the history of profound scripture verses, this one takes the cake:

“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: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day” (1 Chronicles 11:22).

Yes.  As if killing a lion wasn’t enough, this dude took him down in a pit while it was snowing.  Makes for some drama to spice up the genealogy, I guess.  Or maybe it’s just a test to make sure you’re paying attention.

Either way, I wouldn’t want to make Benaiah mad.

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