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11:26 The mighty <01368> warriors <02428> were: Asahel <06214> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>, Elhanan <0445> son <01121> of Dodo <01734>, from Bethlehem <01035>, 11:27 Shammoth <08054> the Harorite <02033>, Helez <02503> the Pelonite <06397>, 11:28 Ira <05896> son <01121> of Ikkesh <06142> the Tekoite <08621>, Abiezer <044> the Anathothite <06069>, 11:29 Sibbekai <05444> the Hushathite <02843>, Ilai <05866> the Ahohite <0266>, 11:30 Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>, Heled <02466> son <01121> of Baanah <01196> the Netophathite <05200>, 11:31 Ithai <0863> son <01121> <01121> of Ribai <07380> from Gibeah <01390> in Benjaminite <01144> territory, Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, 11:32 Hurai <02360> from the valleys <05158> of Gaash <01608>, Abiel <022> the Arbathite <06164>, 11:33 Azmaveth <05820> the Baharumite <0978>, Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>, 11:34 the sons <01121> of Hashem <02044> the Gizonite <01493>, Jonathan <03129> son <01121> of Shageh <07681> the Hararite <02043>, 11:35 Ahiam <0279> son <01121> of Sakar <07940> the Hararite <02043>, Eliphal <0465> son <01121> of Ur <0218>, 11:36 Hepher <02660> the Mekerathite <04382>, Ahijah <0281> the Pelonite <06397>, 11:37 Hezro <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Naarai <05293> son <01121> of Ezbai <0229>, 11:38 Joel <03100> the brother <0251> of Nathan <05416>, Mibhar <04006> son <01121> of Hagri <01905>, 11:39 Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai <05171> the Beerothite <01307>, the armor-bearer <03627> <05375> of Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, 11:40 Ira <05896> the Ithrite <03505>, Gareb <01619> the Ithrite <03505>, 11:41 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>, Zabad <02066> son <01121> of Achli <0304>, 11:42 Adina <05721> son <01121> of Shiza <07877> the Reubenite <07206>, leader <07218> of the Reubenites <07206> and the thirty <07970> warriors with him, 11:43 Hanan <02605> son <01121> of Maacah <04601>, Joshaphat <03146> the Mithnite <04981>, 11:44 Uzzia <05814> the Ashterathite <06254>, Shama <08091> and Jeiel <03273>, the sons <01121> of Hotham <02369> the Aroerite <06200>, 11:45 Jediael <03043> son <01121> of Shimri <08113>, and Joha <03109> his brother <0251>, the Tizite <08491>, 11:46 Eliel <0447> the Mahavite <04233>, and Jeribai <03403> and Joshaviah <03145>, the sons <01121> of Elnaam <0493>, and Ithmah <03495> the Moabite <04125>, 11:47 Eliel <0447>, and Obed <05744>, and Jaasiel <03300> the Mezobaite <04677>.

• 1Ch 11:10-47 -- David's Warriors

• David

  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• AMASAI

  [isbe] AMASAI - a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2): (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Ch 6:25; 2 Ch 29:12). (2) ...
  

• Giants

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and hence "monste...
  

• Captain

  [nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• Eliel

  [isbe] ELIEL - e-li'-el, el'-i-el ('eli'el, "El is God," or "my God is God"): (1, 2, 3) Mighty men of David (1 Ch 11:46,47; 12:11). (4) A chief of Manasseh, east of the Jordan (1 Ch 5:24). (5, 6) Two chiefs of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:20,2...
  [smith] (to whom God is strength). One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chroni...
  [nave] ELIEL 1. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. Son of Toah, 1 Chr. 6:34. 3. Two Benjamite chiefs, 1 Chr. 8:20, 22. 4. Three of David's heroes, bearing the same name, 1 Chr. 11:46, 47; 12:11. 5. Chief of Levites, 1 Chr. 15...
  

• Ira

  [isbe] IRA - i'-ra (`ira'; Eiras): (1) A person referred to in 2 Sam 20:26 as "priest" (so the Revised Version (British and American) correctly; the King James Version "a chief ruler," the American Standard Revised Version "chief m...
  [smith] (watchful of a city). "The Jairite," named in the catalogue of David?s great officers. (2 Samuel 20:26) One of the heroes of David?s guard. (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40) Another of David?s guard, a Tekoite, s...
  [nave] IRA 1. A priest, 2 Sam. 20:26. 2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:38; 1 Chr. 11:40. 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chr. 11:28; 27:9.
  

• Shammah

  [ebd] desert. (1.) One of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) One of the sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:9). He is also called Shimeah (2 Sam. 13:3) and Shimma (1 Chr. 2:13). (3.) One of David's three mighty men (2 Sam. 23:11, 12)...
  [isbe] SHAMMAH - sham'-a (shammah): (1) The son of Reuel, the son of Esau, a tribal chief of Edom (Gen 36:13,17; 1 Ch 1:37, Some). (2) The third son of Jesse and brother of David. Together with his two other brothers he fought unde...
  [smith] (astonishment). The son of Reuel the son of Esau. (Genesis 36:13,17; 1 Chronicles 1:37) (B.C. about 1700.) The third son of Jesse, and brother of David. (1 Samuel 16:9; 17:13) Called also Shimea., Shimeah and Shimma. O...
  [nave] SHAMMAH 1. Son of Reuel, Gen. 36:13, 17; 1 Chr. 1:37. 2. David's brother, 1 Sam. 16:9; 17:13. Called Shimeah, 2 Sam. 13:3, 32; 21:21; Shimma, 1 Chr. 2:13; Shimea, 1 Chr. 20:7. 3. One of David's mighty men, son of Agee, 2 ...
  

• Hararite

  [isbe] HARARITE - ha'-ra-rit (ha-harari, or ha-'arari): Literally, "mountaineer," more particularly an inhabitant of the hill country of Judah. Thus used of two heroes: (1) Shammah, the son of Agee (2 Sam 23:11,33). The parallel pa...
  [smith] (the mountaineer), The. The destination of three of David?s guard. Agee, a Hararite (2 Samuel 23:11) Shammah the Hararite. (2 Samuel 23:33) Sharar, (2 Samuel 23:33) or Sacar, (1 Chronicles 11:35) the Hararite, wa...
  [nave] HARARITE 2 Sam. 23:11, 33; 1 Chr. 11:34, 35
  

• Ahasbai

  [isbe] AHASBAI - a-has'-bi ('achacbay, "blooming"): The father of Eliphelet, a Maacathite, a soldier in David's army (2 Sam 23:34). He was either a native of Abel-beth-maacah (2 Sam 20:14) or, more probably, of Maacah in Syria (2 S...
  [smith] (blooming), father of Eli-phelet, one of David?s thirty-seven captains. (2 Samuel 23:34) In the corrupt list in (1 Chronicles 11:35) Eliphelet appears as "Eliphal the son of Ur." (B.C. about 1050.)
  [nave] AHASBAI, father of Eliphelet, 2 Sam. 23:34. See: Ur, 1 Chr. 11:35.
  

• Ahiam

  [ebd] mother's brother, one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:33; 1 Chr. 11:35).
  [isbe] AHIAM - a-hi'-am ('achi'am, "mother's brother"): One of David's thirty heroes. He was the son of Sharar (2 Sam 23:33) or according to 1 Ch 11:35 of Sacar, the Hararite.
  [smith] son of Sharar the Hararite (or of Sacar,) (1 Chronicles 11:35) one of David?s thirty mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:33) (B.C. 1050.)
  [nave] AHIAM, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:33. Called also Sacar, 1 Chr. 11:35.
  

• Naarai

  [ebd] youthful, a military chief in David's army (1 Chr. 11:37), called also Paarai (2 Sam. 23:35).
  [isbe] NAARAI - na'-a-ri (na`aray): Son of Ezbai, one of David's heroes (1 Ch 11:37). In the parallel passage (2 Sam 23:35), he is called "Paarai the Arbite." The true forms of the name and description are uncertain (see Budde, Ric...
  [smith] (handmaid), one of the valiant men of David?s armies. (1 Chronicles 11:37) In 1 Chron. he is called the son of Ezbai, but in (2 Samuel 23:35) he appears as "Paarai the Arbite." Kennicott decides that the former is corre...
  [nave] NAARAI, called also Paarai. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:37.
  

• Mibhar

  [ebd] choice, a Hagarene, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:38); called also Bani the Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36).
  [isbe] MIBHAR - mib'-har (mibhchar, "choice"(?)): According to 1 Ch 11:38, the name of one of David's heroes. No such name, however, occurs in the parallel passage (2 Sam 23:36). A comparison of the two records makes it probable th...
  [smith] (choicest), one of David?s heroes in the list given in (1 Chronicles 11:38)
  [nave] MIBHAR, one of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:38.
  

• Jediael

  [ebd] known by God. (1.) One of the sons of Benjamin, whose descendants numbered 17,200 warriors (1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11). (2.) A Shimrite, one of David's bodyguard (1 Chr. 11:45). Probably same as in 12:20. (3.) A Korhite of the fami...
  [isbe] JEDIAEL - je-di'-a-el (yedhi`a'-el, "God makes known" (?)): (1) A "son" of Benjamin or probably of Zebulun (1 Ch 7:6,10,11). See Curtis, Chronicles, 145-49, who suggests emending the name to yachle'el, Jahleel, in agreement ...
  [smith] (known of God). A chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:6,11) It is usually assumed that Jediael is the same as Ashbel, (Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1) but this is not certain. Seco...
  [nave] JEDIAEL 1. Son of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11. 2. Son of Shimri, 1 Chr. 11:45. 3. A Manassite chief, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20. 4. Son of Meshelemiah, 1 Chr. 26:2.
  

• Ilai

  [ebd] an Ahohite, one of David's chief warriors (1 Chr. 11:29); called also Zalmon (2 Sam. 23:28).
  [isbe] ILAI - i'-la-i, i'-li (`ilay): A mighty man of David (1 Ch 11:29); called Zalmon in 2 Sam 23:28.
  [smith] (exalted), an Ahohite, one of the heroes of David?s guard (1 Chronicles 11:29) (B.C. 1046.)
  [nave] ILAI, an Ahohite, 1 Chr. 11:29.
  

• Adina

  [ebd] slender, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite.
  [isbe] ADINA - ad'-i-na, a-di'-na (`adhina', "adorned"). "Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him" (1 Ch 11:42). This is in that part of the list of David's mighty men in which the Chron...
  [smith] (slender), one of David?s captains beyond the Jordan, and a chief of the Reubenites. (1 Chronicles 11:42)
  [nave] ADINA, one of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:42.
  

• Zabad

  [ebd] gift. (1.) One of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the "children of Sheshan" (2:31). (2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21). (3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and ...
  [isbe] ZABAD - za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, "Yahweh has given," i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, "El (God) is my gift" (HPN, 222 f); Zabed(t), with many variants): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Ch 2:36,37), s...
  [smith] (gift). Son of Nathan son of Attai, son of Ahlai Sheshan?s daughter, (1 Chronicles 2:31-37) and hence called son of Ahlai. (1 Chronicles 11:41) (B.C. 1046.) He was one of David?s mighty men but none of his deeds have b...
  [nave] ZABAD 1. Son of Nathan, 1 Chr. 2:36, 37. 2. An Ephraimite, 1 Chr. 7:21. 3. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:41. 4. An assassin of King Joash, 2 Chr. 24:26; 25:3, 4. Called Jozachar in 2 Kin. 12:21. 5. Three Israeli...
  

• Paarai

  [ebd] opening of the Lord, "the Arbite," one of David's heroes (2 Sam. 23:35); called also Naarai, 1 Chr. 11:37.
  [isbe] PAARAI - pa'-a-ri (pa`aray, "devotee of Peor"): One of David's 37 valiant men (2 Sam 23:35). Doubtless the "Naarai" of 1 Ch 11:37.
  [smith] In the list of (2 Samuel 23:35) "Paarai the Arbite" is one of David?s men. In (1 Chronicles 11:37) he is Naarai the son of Ezbai." (B.C. 1015.)
  [nave] PAARAI One of David's valiant men, 2 Sam. 23:35. Called Naarai in 1 Chr. 11:37.
  

• Hanan

  [ebd] merciful. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:23). (2.) One of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:43). (3.) Jer. 35:4. (4.) A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38). (5.) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46). (6.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra (N...
  [isbe] HANAN - ha'-nan (chanan, "gracious"): (1) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:23). (2) The youngest son of Azel, a descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:38; 9:44). (3) One of David's mighty men of valor (1 Ch 11:43). (4) The head ...
  [smith] (merciful). One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23) The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.) "Son of Maachah," i.e. possibly a Syrian o...
  [nave] HANAN 1. Son of Shashak, 1 Chr. 8:23. 2. Son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. 3. One of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:43. 4. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:46; Neh. 7:49. 5. A Levite, Neh. 8:7; 10:10. Probably identical with th...
  

• David's Mighty Men

  

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