Commentary for II Samuel 23:19
מִן־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה֙ הֲכִ֣י נִכְבָּ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לְשָׂ֑ר וְעַד־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖ה לֹא־בָֽא׃ (ס)
He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
Rashi on II Samuel
He did not reach the status of the first three. [Yonoson translates:] He did not reach [the status] of the [first] three men.20i.e. Adino the Etzonite, Elozor, the son of Dodo and Shamoh, the son of Ogaih from the mountain who were enumerated earlier in verses 8, 9 and 11 respectively.
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