World English Bible
"Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three."
— 2 Samuel 23:19, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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.”
The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
He said, "Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this! Isn't it the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
He killed 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 killed him with his own spear.
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.