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1 Chronicles 11:25 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 11 · verse 25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.1 Chronicles 11:25 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 11:25 in context
23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
26Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- honourablekâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- attainedbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- Beholdhinnêhlo!H2009 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
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We have here an account of David's worthies, the great men of his time that served him and were preferred by him. The first edition of this catalogue we had, Sa2 23:8, etc. This is much the same, only that those named here from Ch1 11:41 to the end are added. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-47