Catholic Public Domain Version
"and he was the noblest of the three, and he was their leader. But at first he did not attain to the three. "
— 2 Samuel 23:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.”
“Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. ”
“Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.”
“From the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.”
“And the noblest of three, and was their chief, but to the three first he attained not.”
“Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.”
“Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.”
Therefore, the three valiant men burst into the encampment of the Philistines, and they drew water from the cistern of Bethlehem, which was beside the gate. And they brought it to David. Yet he was not willing to drink; instead, he poured it out to the Lord,
saying: “May the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not do this. Should I drink the blood of these men who have set out to the peril of their own lives?” Therefore, he was not willing to drink. These things were accomplished by these three robust men.
Also Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was first among the three. It was he who lifted up his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed. And he was renowned among the three,
and he was the noblest of the three, and he was their leader. But at first he did not attain to the three.
And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a very strong man of great deeds, was from Kabzeel. He slew the two lions of Moab, and he descended and slew a lion in the middle of a den, in the days of snow.
He also killed an Egyptian who had a spear in his hand, a man worthy to behold. And yet he had gone down to him with only a staff. And he forced the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he killed him with his own spear.
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, accomplished these things.