1 Chronicles 11:25
in 1 Chronicles 11He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
KJV
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He struck down two champions of Moab
on 1 Chronicles 11:22-25
Benaiah struck down two champions of Moab, killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day, and killed an Egyptian. David appointed him over his guard before he took Joab's post under Solomon. The Targum reads him as valiant and fearing sin, a righteous man of the second sanctuary.
This site's exposition
David appointed him over his
The guard was the royal bodyguard, the Cherethites and Pelethites whom Benaiah commands in 1 Chronicles 18:17. Those names are usually taken as Cretans and Philistines, foreign soldiers bound to the king. 2 Samuel 23:23 gives the same appointment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the L ORD ; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the L ORD by Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
David set him over his guard - “Made him chief ruler over his disciples.” - T. For other particulars, see the notes on the parallel places, where the subject is farther considered.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִן־ | min- | more than | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗ים | hasheloshim | the thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| הִנּ֤וֹ | hino | there he | H2005 → | |
| נִכְבָּד֙ | nikhbad | [was] honored | H3513 → | 113 times |
| ה֔וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה | hasheloshah | the three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בָ֑א | va' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ | vaysimehu | and he appointed him | H7760 → | 584 times |
| דָוִ֖יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ ס | mishma'to | bodyguard his | H4928 → |
מִן־more than
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗יםthe thirty
hasheloshimH7970 →172 times
הִנּ֤וֹthere he
hinoH2005 →
נִכְבָּד֙[was] honored
nikhbadH3513 →113 times
ה֔וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖הthe three
hasheloshahH7969 →432 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
בָ֑אhe came
va'H935 →2568 times
וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּand he appointed him
vaysimehuH7760 →584 times
דָוִ֖ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ סbodyguard his
mishma'toH4928 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:16–18
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 1 Chronicles 18:15–17
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 1 Kings 4:3–6
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 2 Samuel 8:16–18
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 18:17; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 23:23; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
