He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. David set him over his guard - The Vulgate renders this, Fecitque eun sibi David auricularium a secreto, "David made him his privy counsellor;" or, according to the Hebrew, He put him to his ears, i.e., confided his secrets to him. Some think he made him a spy over the rest. It is supposed that the meaning of the fable which attributes to Midas very long ears, is, that this king carried the system of espionage to a great length; that he had a multitude of spies in different places.
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2 Samuel 23:23
23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.