21Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come.


In Context

18 And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate, and bear and bring in unto David, and David hath not been willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

19 and saith, 'Far be it from me, by my God, to do this; the blood of these men do I drink with their lives? for with their lives they have brought it;' and he was not willing to drink it; these things did the three mighty ones.

20 And Abishai brother of Joab, he hath been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred — wounded, and hath a name among three.

21 Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come.

22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he hath smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.

23 And he hath smitten the man, the Egyptian — a man of measure, five by the cubit — and in the hand of the Egyptian is a spear like a beam of weavers, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear.

1 Chronicles 11:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:21He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:21And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: however, he attained not to the first three.