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2 Samuel 23

2 Sam. 23:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He was ρmore honorable
kabad (Hebrew #3513)
a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, X be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, X more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Pronounce: kaw-bad'
Origin: or kabed {kaw-bade'}
than the thirty
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
, but he attained
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
not to the first three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
. And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
set
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
him σover his guard
mishma`ath (Hebrew #4928)
audience, i.e. the royal court; also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject
KJV usage: bidding, guard, obey.
Pronounce: mish-mah'-ath
Origin: feminine of 14926
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or, honorable among the,&c.
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at his command, or, over council,
1 Sam. 22:14• 14And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house? (1 Sam. 22:14)
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Ministry on This Verse

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more honourable.
or, honourable among the thirty.
1 Chron. 27:6• 6This Benaiah was a mighty man among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son. (1 Chron. 27:6)
over his guard.
or, over his council.
Heb. at his command.
2 Sam. 8:8• 8And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much bronze. (2 Sam. 8:8)
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2 Sam. 20:23• 23And Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites; (2 Sam. 20:23)
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1 Sam. 22:14• 14And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house? (1 Sam. 22:14)
• "David set him in his council" (2 Sam. 23:23), a place of confidence, intimacy, and communion. Benaiah shares his master's secrets, is informed of his projects, and sees the king's face at all times. What a blessed portion! (“David's Mighty Men: 2 Samuel 23:8-39” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.