1 Chronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 11:12 names Eleazar as one of the first three, contrasting with Abishai's rank as captain of the three but not among the top.

1 Chronicles 11:25 uses the same wording about Benaiah being honorable among the thirty but not attaining the first three, mirroring Abishai.

2 Samuel 23:18 is the parallel account of Abishai being chief among three and slaying three hundred, matching 1 Chronicles 11:21.