Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three.
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Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three.
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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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Of the three in the second rank he was the most honourable, and was made their captain; howbeit he attained not to the first three.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 11:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 13:8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He did not equal them in valiant exploits.
He did not equal them in valiant exploits.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Attained not - He did not equal them.
Attained not - He did not equal them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Second and (Haydock) first occur not in Hebrew and…
Second and (Haydock) first occur not in Hebrew and Septuagint. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "Of the three he was more honourable than two; therefore he was their captain: and yet he attained not unto the first three." (Kennicott) --- First is indeed the sense, but it is not expressed in the original. We have here the exact order of these mighty men sufficiently marked out. Abisai is the first captain (Haydock) of the second ternary. (Tirinus)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain howbeit he attained not to the first three--(See on…
howbeit he attained not to the first three--(See on Sa2 23:19).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. Of the three he was more honourable than…
21. Of the three he was more honourable than the two] R.V. mg. “Of the three in the second rank he was the most honourable.” The word, translated “in the second rank,” is however certainly corrupt (cp. 2Sa_23:19), and should be corrected. We then translate: He was more honourable than the three. The verse probably comes from a lost poem. What is meant by the three and by the first three cannot be determined owing to the loss of the context.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) Of the three, he was more honourable than…
(21) Of the three, he was more honourable than the two.—The Hebrew text here varies from Samuel, which has “Above (or out of) the three, was he not honoured? n The reading of Chronicles seems to be an exegetical alteration of this, and should probably be rendered, “Above the three of the second rank he was honoured,” i.e., he was the most honoured member of the second triad. So the Vulg., et inter tres secun-dos inclitus. The LXX. has ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν ὑπὲρ δύο ένδοξος (“Of the three, renowned above the two”). But the Hebrew expression, which means literally, “in the two,” seems plainly to indicate a second group of three. Otherwise, we might translate: “Of the three he was honoured among the two,” that is, above the other two members of his triad. Both here and in 1Ch_11:20 the Syriac reads thirty instead of three: “Above the thirty he was honoured, and he became chief over them and warlike; the thirty he used to make” (1Ch_11:21). The Arabic is more correct: “And he was mightier than the two, and chief over them twain, and he came not to the three.”
Howbeit he attained not . . .—Literally, but to the three he came not, i.e., the first triad of warriors (1Ch_11:11-14).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Than the two. The Hebrew (syinvb) cannot be thus…
Than the two. The Hebrew (syinvb) cannot be thus translated, but possibly the words may mark the second set of three.
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