1 Chronicles 11:25

25 Indeed he was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

1 Chronicles 11:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:25

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:25 In-Context

23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, five cubits tall. In the Egyptian's hand there was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

24 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men.

25 Indeed he was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

26 Also the mighty warriors were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,