1 Chronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

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Attained not — He did not equal them.

²¹ Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

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1 Chronicles 11:21