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.”
And 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.
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
Related Verses
“He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.”
“Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.”
“Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.”
“And 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.”
“Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,”