And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 23:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He was the most renowned of the thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Was he not most renowned of the Three? So he was their captain; however, he did not attain to the Three. American Standard Version (1901) Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. Common English Bible He was the most famous of the Thirty. He became their commander, but he wasn’t among the Three. Catholic Public Domain Version and he was the noblest of the three, and he was their leader. But at first he did not attain to the three. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the noblest of three, and was their chief: but to the three first he attained not. |
And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord,
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.
He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.