2 Samuel 23:19

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Attained not — He fell short of them in strength and valour.

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 23:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 23:19