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1 Chronicles 11:11-13
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 11:11-13
New English Translation
11 This is the list of David’s warriors:[a]
Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers.[b] He killed 300 men with his spear in a single battle.[c]
12 Next in command[d] was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was one of the three elite warriors. 13 He was with David in Pas Dammim[e] when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,
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- 1 Chronicles 11:11 tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:11 tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).
- 1 Chronicles 11:11 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:12 tn Heb “after him.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:13 tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.
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