Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he was renowned among the three robust men, who were the most noble among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not attain to the three, until David made him his secret advisor. "
— 2 Samuel 23:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.”
“He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. ”
“He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three. 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 he was renowned among the three valiant men, who were the most honourable among the thirty: but he attained not to the first three: and David made him of his privy council.”
“He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.”
“He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.”
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.
And he was renowned among the three robust men, who were the most noble among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not attain to the three, until David made him his secret advisor.
Among the thirty were: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of his paternal uncle, from Bethlehem,
Shammah from Harod, Elika from Harod,
Helez from Palti, Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa,