2 Samuel 23:19
17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
- KJV
- Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
- WEB
- Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
- ASV
- Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.
- DARBY
- Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
- BLB
- Of the three was he [not] more honored? And he became for them as commander, and to the three he did not attain.
- ÅB
- Fremfor de tretti var han visstnok æret og ble deres høvding; men til de tre nådde han ikke opp.
- OTB
- Han var den mest ærede av de tretti, så han ble deres kommandør; men han nådde ikke opp til de tre.
- B1930
- Fremfor de tretti var han visstnok æret og blev deres høvding; men til de tre nådde han ikke op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:8
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Read in contextMatthew 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:13
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:9
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
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