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


In Context

20 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valour, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he hath smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow.

21 And he hath smitten the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and in the hand of the Egyptian is a spear, 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.

22 These things hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among three mighty.

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

24 Asahel brother of Joab is of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.