2 Samuel 23:23 - Tree of Life Version

²³ He was most honorable among the Thirty, but he attained not to the first Three. So David set him over his guard.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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

²³ 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)

²³ 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

²³ 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

²³ 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.

2 Samuel 23:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:23

Now Joab remained over all the army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

2 Samuel 23:22

These sort of things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, so that he had a name as famous as that of the Three mighty men.

2 Samuel 23:24

Asahel brother of Joab was one of the Thirty, also Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

2 Samuel 8:8

From Betah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a vast amount of bronze.

1 Chronicles 27:6

This was Benaiah, who was a mighty man of the 30 and had charge over the 30. Ammizabad his son was over his division.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

Though a man might overpower one, two can stand against him. Moreover a threefold cord cannot be quickly broken.

1 Samuel 22:14

Then Ahimelech answered the king saying, “Who among all your servants is as trusted as David, the king’s son-in-law, a captain of the royal guard, and honored in your house?