2 Samuel 23:19
World English Bible (WEB)
Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
In context
17 He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
18 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.
19 Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.
21 He killed a huge Egyptian, 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.
2 Samuel 23:19 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
- KJV King James Version
- Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: yet he attained not to the first three.