2 Samuel 23:19 KJV

Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

How many fighting men did Joab count?Chronicles adds the king’s standing army to Israel’s count, and Samuel adds the companies under David’s mighty men to Judah’s.

David's mighty menDavid once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he...

2 Samuel 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
2 Samuel 23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
1 Chronicles 11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
Matthew 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Matthew 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
1 Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

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Was he not most honourable נִכְבָּד nikbād כָּבַד Verb · niphal active participle, masculine singular
of three מִן min Preposition הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה haššĕlōšâ שָׁלוֹשׁ Number · masculine singular · with the
therefore he was their captain הֲכִי hăkî Conjunction · with question וַיְהִי wayhî Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural לְשָׂר lĕśār שַׂר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
howbeit he attained בָא bāʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
not unto the first three וְעַד wĕʿad Preposition · with and הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה haššĕlōšâ שָׁלוֹשׁ Number · masculine singular · with the לֹא lōʾ Negative

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