2 Samuel 23:23

23 He [was] honored more than the thirty, but he did not come up to the three. David appointed him in charge of his bodyguard.

2 Samuel 23:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:23

He was more honourable than the thirty
Whose names are after recorded:

but he attained not to the [first] three;
the first triumvirate, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; he was not equal to them for fortitude, courage, and military exploits:

and David set him over his guard;
his bodyguard, the Cherethites and Pelethites, ( 2 Samuel 8:18 ) ( 20:23 ) ; who are called in the Hebrew text "his hearing" ^F13, because they hearkened to his orders and commands, and obeyed them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (wtemvm la) "ad auditum suum", Pagninus, Montanus.

2 Samuel 23:23 In-Context

21 He also killed a good-looking Egyptian man, in whose hand [was] a spear. He went down against him with the staff and snatched the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his spear

22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and gained a name for himself among the three mighty warriors.

23 He [was] honored more than the thirty, but he did not come up to the three. David appointed him in charge of his bodyguard.

24 Among the thirty [were] Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,