Be strong! We must prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.”

Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will melt because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.

With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.