1 Chronicles 11:21

Of the three in the second rank, was he honourable, therefore became he their captain,—though, unto the [first] three, did he not attain.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And, Abishai brother of Joab—he, was the chief of three, he, having brandished his spear against three hundred—who were slain,—and so, he, had a name among three.

22Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, hero of many a deed, from Kabziel—he, smote the two [sons] of Ariel of Moab, he, also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit, in time of snow;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:8But, some, fell upon the good ground, and did yield fruit,—this, indeed a hundred fold, and, that, sixty, and, the other, thirty.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:11-47

David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1048.) 10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.… Read the whole commentary →

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