1 Chronicles 11:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.

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  • Matt 13:8 : 8 ‹But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.›
  • 1 Cor 15:41 : 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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  • 2 Sam 23:17-24
    8 verses
    92%

    17And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: [is not this] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

    18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them], and had the name among three.

    19Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.

    20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

    21And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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.

    22These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.

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

    24Asahel the brother of Joab [was] one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

  • 1 Chr 11:22-26
    5 verses
    86%

    22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

    23And 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.

    24These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

    25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.

    26Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

  • 1 Chr 11:19-20
    2 verses
    83%

    19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

    20And 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.

  • 1 Chr 11:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10¶ These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

    11And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.

  • 1 Chr 27:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.

    6This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son.

  • 2 Sam 20:23
    69%

    23¶ Now Joab [was] over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

  • 1 Chr 11:6
    69%

    6And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    69%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • 1 Chr 27:14
    68%

    14The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month [was] Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 12:9
    68%

    9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

  • 1 Chr 12:3
    68%

    3The chief [was] Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

  • 1 Chr 21:6
    68%

    6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    67%

    34And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
    67%

    32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 18:17
    67%

    17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the king.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    66%

    11And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that [is] for David, [let him go] after Joab.

  • 1 Chr 12:21
    66%

    21And they helped David against the band [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

  • 1 Kgs 2:34
    66%

    34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • 1 Chr 12:29
    66%

    29And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

  • 1 Chr 21:3-4
    2 verses
    65%

    3And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

  • Isa 3:3
    65%

    3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    65%

    25¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:31
    65%

    31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.

  • 1 Kgs 2:30
    65%

    30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

  • Ezra 10:35
    65%

    35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

  • 1 Chr 23:11
    65%

    11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to [their] father's house.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
    65%

    15And David said to Abner, [Art] not thou a [valiant] man? and who [is] like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

  • Neh 11:14
    65%

    14And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer [was] Zabdiel, the son of [one of] the great men.

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
    64%

    25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

  • 2 Sam 8:18
    64%

    18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

  • 1 Chr 11:39
    64%

    39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

  • 2 Sam 23:31
    64%

    31Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

  • 2 Sam 3:11
    64%

    11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    64%

    15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which [pertained] to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 3:38
    64%

    38And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?