2 Samuel 23:23

WEB

²³He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.

KJV

²³He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

BSB

²³He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.

FBV

²³He was the most highly regarded of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. David put him in charge of his personal bodyguard.

Extra References

2 Samuel 20:23

²³Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,

1 Samuel 22:14

¹⁴Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?

2 Samuel 8:8

⁸From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

1 Chronicles 27:6

⁶This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. Of his division was Ammizabad his son.