19Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: yet he attained not to the first three.


In Context

16 And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

19 Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: yet he attained not to the first three.

20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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.

2 Samuel 23:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:19And the noblest of three, and was their chief, but to the three first he attained not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Was he not most honourable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: however, he attained not to the first three.