2 Samuel 23:19 “Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander,…”

2 Samuel 23:19

Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

World English Bible

Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.

American Standard Version

Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

Geneva Bible 1599

For he was most excellent of the three, and was their captaine, but he attained not vnto the first three.

Darby Translation

Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

Young's Literal Translation

Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come.

Bible in Basic English

Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.

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Cross references

“he attained”

Matthew 13:8 Matthew 13:23 2 Samuel 23:9 2 Samuel 23:13 2 Samuel 23:16 1 Chronicles 11:25

Matthew 13:8 · BSB

Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

Matthew 13:23 · BSB

But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

2 Samuel 23:9 · BSB

Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,

2 Samuel 23:13 · BSB

At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 23:16 · BSB

So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

1 Chronicles 11:25 · BSB

He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

20And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

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