2 Samuel 23:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:23

Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

2 Samuel 23:22

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

2 Samuel 23:24

Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,

2 Samuel 8:8

And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

1 Chronicles 27:6

This is the same Benaiah who was the great man of the thirty, chief of the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

1 Samuel 22:14

Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?