2 Samuel 23:23

23 He was famous among the Thirty, but he didn't become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own 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 giant Egyptian who had a spear in his hand. Benaiah went against him armed with a staff. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear

22 These were the kinds of things Jehoiada's son Benaiah did. He made a name for himself along with the three warriors.

23 He was famous among the Thirty, but he didn't become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard.

24 Among the Thirty were: Asahel, Joab's brother; Elhanan, Dodo's son from Bethlehem;

25 Shammah from Harod; Elika from Harod;