1 Chronicles 11 · Verse 25

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.
1 Chronicles 11:25, King James Version

1 Chronicles 11:25 in other translations

BSBHe was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
WEBBehold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three; and David set him over his guard.
ASVBehold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
YLTOf the thirty, lo, he is honoured, and unto the first three he hath not come, and David setteth him over his guard.
DARBYBehold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.
BBEHe was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.
WebsterBehold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

What does 1 Chronicles 11:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. David set him over his guard--the Cherethites and Pelethites that composed the small bodyguard in immediate attendance on the king.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 11:25 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.

מִן\־min-more thanH4480
הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗יםha.she.lo.Shimthe thirtyH7970
הִנּ֤וֹhi.Nothere heH2005
נִכְבָּד֙nikh.Bad[was] honoredH3513
ה֔וּאHu'heH1931
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖הha.she.lo.Shahthe threeH7969
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
בָ֑אVa'he cameH935
וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּvay.si.Me.huand he appointed himH7760
דָוִ֖ידda.VidDavidH1732
עַל\־'al-overH5921
מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ\׃\ \סmish.ma'.Tobodyguard hisH4928

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 11:25

  • 2 Samuel 20:23

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
but attained.
21
David.
2Sa 20:23

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Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:26

    Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,

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1 Chronicles 11:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué el más honrado de los treinta, mas no llegó á los tres primeros. A éste puso David en su consejo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
voici, il fut plus honoré que les trente, mais il n’atteignit pas les trois premiers. Et David lui donna une place dans ses audiences privées.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Vor den Dreißigen, siehe, war er geehrt, aber an die ersten Drei reichte er nicht. Und David setzte ihn in seinen geheimen Rat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
inter triginta primus, verumtamen ad tres usque non pervenerat: posuit autem eum David ad auriculam suam.