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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 11:34-47 (NET)

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11:34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite , Jonathan son of Shageh the Hararite , 11:35 Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite , Eliphal son of Ur , 11:36 Hepher the Mekerathite , Ahijah the Pelonite , 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite , Naarai son of Ezbai , 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan , Mibhar son of Hagri , 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite , Naharai the Beerothite , the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah , 11:40 Ira the Ithrite , Gareb the Ithrite , 11:41 Uriah the Hittite , Zabad son of Achli , 11:42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite , leader of the Reubenites and the thirty warriors with him, 11:43 Hanan son of Maacah , Joshaphat the Mithnite , 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite , Shama and Jeiel , the sons of Hotham the Aroerite , 11:45 Jediael son of Shimri , and Joha his brother , the Tizite , 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite , and Jeribai and Joshaviah , the sons of Elnaam , and Ithmah the Moabite , 11:47 Eliel , and Obed , and Jaasiel the Mezobaite .

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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • David

    [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 ...

  • 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) ...

  • 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...

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Shimri

    [ebd] watchman. (1.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (2.) The father of one of the "valiant men" of David's armies (1 Chr. 11:45). (3.) Assisted at the purification of the temple in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13).
    [isbe] SHIMRI - shim'-ri (shimri; various forms in the Septuagint): There are four Hebrews mentioned in the Bible who bear this name: (1) A Simeonite, a son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah, a chief of his tribe (1 Ch 4:37). (2) T...
    [smith] (vigilant). A Simeonite son of Shemaiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. after 1450.) The father of Jediael, one of David?s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:45) (B.C. before 1043.) A Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 C...
    [nave] SHIMRI 1. Head of a family in Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:37, 38. 2. Father of one of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:45. 3. A Merarite, 1 Chr. 26:10. Also called Simri. 4. A Levite in the time of Hezekiah, 2 Chr. 29:13.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Shiza

    [isbe] SHIZA - shi'-za (shiza; Saiza): A Reubenite, one of David's leading warriors (1 Ch 11:42).
    [smith] (splendor), a Reubenite, father of Adina, (1 Chronicles 11:42) one of David?s warriors. (B.C. 1043.)
    [nave] SHIZA, a Reubenite. Father of one of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:42.

  • Ezbai

    [isbe] EZBAI - ez'-ba-i, ez'-bi ('ezbay, "shining," "blooming"; Azobai): One of David's "mighty men" (1 Ch 11:37; compare 2 Sam 23:35 margin).
    [smith] (shining), father of Naarai, who was one of David?s thirty mighty men. (1 Chronicles 11:37) (B.C. 1046.)
    [nave] EZBAI, father of Naarai, 1 Chr. 11:37. Possibly identical with Paarai in 2 Sam. 23:35.
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