2 Samuel 23:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He was more renowned than the Thirty, but he attained not to the [first] Three. David set him over his guard or council.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

He was famous among the Thirty, but he didn’t become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he was renowned among the three robust men, who were the most noble among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not attain to the three, until David made him his secret advisor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he was renowned among the three valiant men, who were the most honourable among the thirty: but he attained not to the first three. And David made him of his privy council.

2 Samuel 23:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:23

Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

2 Samuel 23:22

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.

2 Samuel 23:24

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

2 Samuel 8:8

And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.

1 Chronicles 27:6

This is the Benaiah who was a mighty man of the thirty and in command of the thirty; Ammizabad his son was in charge of his division.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

1 Samuel 22:14

Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?