Of the thirty he is honoured, and unto the three he came not; and David setteth him over his guard.
And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,
These [things] hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among three mighty.
Asahel brother of Joab [is] of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem.
and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass.
This Benaiah [is] a mighty one of the thirty, and over the thirty, and [in] his course [is] Ammizabad his son.
And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, ‘And who among all thy servants [is] as David — faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?