2 Samuel 23:23

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

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.

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 8:8

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

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?

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,

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.