2 Samuel 23:8

David’s Mighty Men

8 aThese are the names of the mighty men whom David had: bJosheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three.
Or  of the captains
He wielded his spear
Compare 1 Chronicles 11:11; the meaning of the Hebrew expression is uncertain
against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.

1 Chronicles 11:11

11This is an account of David’s mighty men: eJashobeam, a fHachmonite, was gchief of the three.
Compare 2 Samuel 23:8; Hebrew thirty, or captains
He wielded his spear against 300 whom he killed at one time.

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