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2 Samuel 23:19

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Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
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  1. Matthew 13:23Rank 1 from verse 19
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    23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

  2. Matthew 13:8Rank 2 from verse 19
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    8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

  3. 1 Chronicles 11:25Rank 3 from verse 19
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    25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:41Rank 4 from verse 19
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    41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

  5. 2 Samuel 23:13Rank 5 from verse 19
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    13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

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2 Samuel 23:19

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captain

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1. A commander, chief, or officer set over an army, guard, band, company, people, or body. 2. A leader who goes before or conducts others in a work, course, or deliverance.

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howbeit

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Nevertheless; yet; however; introducing a contrast, exception, or qualification.

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attained

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Past-tense or past-participial form of attain (to reach, arrive at, or obtain by movement, effort, or progress).

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18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

19Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

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20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

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