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2 Samuel 23:8-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Samuel 23:8-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
David’s Elite Warriors
8 These are the names of the elite warriors of David:
Jashobeam[a] son of Hakmon was leader among the Three.[b] He lifted up his spear and killed eight hundred[c] at once.[d]
9 After him came Eleazar son of Dodo, the Ahohite. As one of the three elite warriors, he was with David when they defied the Philistines gathered there[e] for battle. The men of Israel retreated, 10 but he took a stand and struck down the Philistines until his hand got tired and froze to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory on that day. The people of the army returned to Eleazar but only to strip the fallen.
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- 2 Samuel 23:8 Greek variant Ishbaal
- 2 Samuel 23:8 Or the Thirty or the officers
- 2 Samuel 23:8 The parallel text in 1 Chronicles 11:11 reads three hundred.
- 2 Samuel 23:8 The translation of this verse follows the example of Luther, who harmonized the text of 2 Samuel 23 with the parallel in 1 Chronicles 11. The Hebrew of 2 Samuel 23 seems to read: the one sitting in the seat (Yosheb-basshebeth), the Tahchemonite, the head of the Three. It was Adino the Eznite against eight hundred pierced through at one time.
- 2 Samuel 23:9 The parallel in 1 Chronicles 11:13 identifies the location as Pas Dammim.
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