23He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.


In Context

20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

21 He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

23 He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

2 Samuel 23:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:23He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:23And he was renowned among the three valiant men, who were the most honourable among the thirty: but he attained riot to the first three: and David made him of his privy council.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three. David set him over his guard.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23Of the thirty he is honoured, and unto the three he came not; and David setteth him over his guard.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.