2 Samuel 23:23

He was more honourable than the thirty ,.... Whose names are after recorded:

but he attained not to the first three ; the first triumvirate, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; he was not equal to them for fortitude, courage, and military exploits:

and David set him over his guard ; his bodyguard, the Cherethites and Pelethites, 2 Samuel 8:18 ; who are called in the Hebrew text "his hearing" F13 אל משמעתו "ad auditum suum", Pagninus, Montanus. , because they hearkened to his orders and commands, and obeyed them.