I Chronicles 11:21
“Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Chronicles 11:21 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Vor den Dreien war er geehrt, neben den Zweien, so daß er ihr Oberster wurde; aber an die ersten Drei reichte er nicht.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
De los tres fué más ilustre que los otros dos, y fué el principal de ellos: mas no llegó á los tres primeros.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Dos três ele foi mais ilustre que os outros dois, por isso foi seu cabeça; porém não alcançou os três primeiros .
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Dos três, a ele foi dada dupla honra e o tornaram seu capitão, ainda que não fosse um deles.
📖 I Chronicles 11:21 in Context
19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
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.
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