1 Chronicles 11 · Verse 24

1 Chronicles 11:24

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
1 Chronicles 11:24, King James Version

1 Chronicles 11:24 in other translations

BSBThese were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.
WEBBenaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things and had a name among the three mighty men.
ASVThese things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
YLTThese things hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among the three mighty ones.
DARBYThese things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
BBEThese were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
WebsterThese things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

What does 1 Chronicles 11:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 11:10-47

An account is given of David's worthies, the great men who served him. Yet David reckoned his success, not as from the mighty men that were with him, but from the mighty God, whose presence is all in all. In strengthening him, they strengthened themselves and their own interest, for his advancement was theirs. We shall gain by what we do in our places for the support of the kingdom of the Son of David; and those…

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1 Chronicles 11:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428
עָשָׂ֔ה'a.Sahhe didH6213
בְּנָיָ֖הוּbe.na.Ya.huBenaiahH1141
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יְהוֹיָדָ֑עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
וְלוֹ\־ve.lov-and [belonged] to him
שֵׁ֖םshema nameH8034
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥הbish.lo.Shahwith threeH7969
הַגִּבֹּרִֽים\׃ha.gi.bo.Rimthe mighty [men]H1368

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 11:23

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:24

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

  • 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.

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1 Chronicles 11:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esto hizo Benaías hijo de Joiada, y fué nombrado entre los tres valientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voilà ce que fit Benaïa, fils de Jehoïada; et il eut un nom parmi les trois hommes forts:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das tat Benaja, der Sohn Jojadas; und er hatte einen Namen unter den drei Helden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc fecit Banaias filius Jojadæ, qui erat inter tres robustos nominatissimus,