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.
Read midrashic interpretation of II Samuel 23:19: and classical rabbinic exegesis.