He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
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;
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.
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.
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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?