2 Samuel 23:19 · American Standard Version
2 Samuel 23:19 in the Original Hebrew
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2 Samuel 23:19 in Other Translations
| KJV | Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. |
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| WEB | Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn’t attain to the three. |
| ASV | Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. |
| YLT | Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come. |
| WBT | Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: yet he attained not to the [first] three. |
| DBY | Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three. |
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:19
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John Gill · 2 Samuel 23:19
Was he not most honourable of three?.... He was; who, besides the exploit here mentioned, did many other things; he went down with David into Saul's camp, and took away his spear and cruse, which were at his bolster, Sa1 26:6; he relieved David when in danger from Ishbibenob the giant, Sa2 21:16; he beat the Edomites, and slew eighteen thousand of them in the valley of salt, Ch1 18:12,
therefore he was their captain; of the other two, or was head over them, took rank before them:
howbeit he attained not unto the first three; for fortitude, courage, and warlike exploits, namely, to the Tachmonite, Eleazar, and Shammah.
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Questions about 2 Samuel 23:19
What does 2 Samuel 23:19 say?
2 Samuel 23:19 in the American Standard Version reads: “Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.” Read it in the full context of 2 Samuel 23, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is 2 Samuel 23:19 found in the Bible?
2 Samuel 23:19 is in the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 23, verse 19, in the Old Testament.
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Poured it out unto the Lord - To make libations, both of water and wine, was a frequent custom among the heathens. We have an almost similar account in Arrian's Life of Alexander: "When his army was greatly oppressed with heat and thirst, a soldier brought him a cup of water; he ordered it to be carried back, saying, I cannot bear to drink alone while so many are in want, and this cup is too small to be divided among the whole." Tunc poculo pleno sicut oblatum est reddito: Non solus, inquit, bibere sustineo, nec tam exiguum dividere omnibus possum. - Arrian, lib. vi.
The example was noble in both cases, but David added piety to bravery; he poured it out unto the Lord.