1 Chronicles 11:25

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the first among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not reach as far as the three. Then David placed him beside his ear.

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Thus Joab was over the entire army of Israel. And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cerethites and Phelethites.

These things were done by Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who was most renowned among the three robust ones,

Moreover, the strongest men of the army were Asahel, the brother of Joab; and Elhanan, the son of his uncle, from Bethlehem;