Catholic Public Domain Version
"the first among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not reach as far as the three. Then David placed him beside his ear. "
— 1 Chronicles 11:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.”
“Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. ”
“Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.”
“He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.”
“And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council.”
“He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.”
“Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.”
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, from Kabzeel, was a very mature man, who had accomplished many deeds. He struck down the two lions of God from Moab. And he descended and killed a lion in the middle of a pit, in the time of snow.
And he struck down an Egyptian man, whose stature was five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver’s beam. And yet he descended to him with a staff. And he seized the spear that he was holding in his hand. And he killed him with his own spear.
These things were done by Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who was most renowned among the three robust ones,
the first among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not reach as far as the three. Then David placed him beside his ear.
Moreover, the strongest men of the army were Asahel, the brother of Joab; and Elhanan, the son of his uncle, from Bethlehem;
Shammoth, a Harorite; Helez, a Pelonite;
Ira, the son of Ikkesh, a Tekoite; Abiezer, an Anathothite;