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1 Chronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
1 Chronicles 11:21 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the `first' three.

    ASV

  • Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

    BBE

  • Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

    DBY

  • Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.

    WEB

  • Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the `first' three he hath not come.

    YLT

  • Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: nevertheless he attained not to the first three.

    ENG

  • Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.

    WBT

  • He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.

    BSB

In context

19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and 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.

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