מִן־הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה בַשְּׁנַ֙יִם֙ נִכְבָּ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לְשָׂ֑ר וְעַד־הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה לֹֽא־בָֽא׃ (ס)
Of the three in the second rank he was the most honourable, and was made their captain; howbeit he attained not to the first three.
Read midrashic interpretation of I Chronicles 11:21: and classical rabbinic exegesis.