1 Chronicles 11:24

1 Chronicles 11:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
• New International Version (NIV)Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and won a name beside the three mighty men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men.

Context of 1 Chronicles 11:24

22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the twosons ofAriel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 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. These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. 25Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. 26Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

1 Chronicles 11:24 word by word

אֵ֣לֶּה עָשָׂ֔ה בְּנָיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹיָדָ֑ע וְלוֹ־שֵׁ֖ם בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• thingsאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• Benaiahבְּנָיָ֫הוּbenâyâh benâyâhû · BenaiahH1141
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehôyâdâ‛ · JehoiadaH3077
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-47Verses 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 that are faithful to Him…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-47This story about David's mighty warriors shows that Israel's best and bravest men supported him, along with all of Israel (compare 2 Samuel 23:8–39).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 11:24

• Armies
• Benaiah

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary