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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 11:35 (NET)
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- 1Ch 11:10-47 -- David's Warriors
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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,) (1Â Chronicles 11:35) one of David?s thirty mighty men. (2Â Samuel 23:33) (B.C. 1050.)
[nave] AHIAM, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:33. Called also Sacar, 1 Chr. 11:35.
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Eliphal
[isbe] ELIPHAL - e-li'-fal, el'-i-fal ('eliphal, "God has judged"): Son of Ur, one of the mighty men of David's armies (1 Ch 11:35). the Revised Version (British and American) in a footnote identifies him with Eliphelet, son of Aha...
[smith] (whom God judges), son of Ur, one of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:35) [ELIPHELET, 3]
[nave] ELIPHAL, a captain in David's army, 1 Chr. 11:35.
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Sacar
[isbe] SACAR - sa'-kar (sakhar): (1) Father of Ahiam, a follower of David (1 Ch 11:35, Codex Vaticanus Achar; Codex Alexandrinus Sachar = "Sharar" of 2 Sam 23:33; Sharar is favored as the original reading). (2) Eponym of a family o...
[smith] (wages). A Hararite, father of Ahiam. (1Â Chronicles 11:35) The fourth son of Obed-edom. (1Â Chronicles 26:4)
[nave] SACAR 1. Father of Ahiam, 1 Chr. 11:35. Called Sharar, 2 Sam. 23:33. 2. A Korhite. Son of Obed-edom, 1 Chr. 26:4.
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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. (2Â Samuel 23:34) In the corrupt list in (1Â 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.
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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 (2Â Samuel 23:11) Shammah the Hararite. (2Â Samuel 23:33) Sharar, (2Â Samuel 23:33) or Sacar, (1Â Chronicles 11:35) the Hararite, wa...
[nave] HARARITE 2 Sam. 23:11, 33; 1 Chr. 11:34, 35
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Ur
[isbe] UR - ur ('ur, "flame"; Codex Vaticanus Sthur; Codex Sinaiticus Ora): Father of Eliphal, one of David's "mighty men," in 1 Ch 11:35; in the parallel 2 Sam 23:34 called "Ahasbai."
[nave] UR 1. Abraham's native place, Gen. 11:27, 28. Abraham leaves, Gen. 11:31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7. 2. Father of one of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:35.
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Sharar
[smith] (strong), the father of Ahiam the Hararite. (2Â Samuel 23:33) In (1Â Chronicles 11:35) he is called SACAR. (B.C. 1040.)
[nave] SHARAR Father of Ahiam, 2 Sam. 23:33. Called Sacar, 1 Chr. 11:35.
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Sachar
[ebd] hire. (1.) One of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:35); called also Sharar (2 Sam. 23:33). (2.) A son of Obed-edom the Gittite, and a temple porter (1 Chr. 26:4).
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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...
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Eliphelet
[ebd] God his deliverance. (1.) One of David's distinguished warriors (2 Sam. 23:34); called also Eliphal in 1 Chr. 11:35. (2.) One of the sons of David born at Jerusalem (1 Chr. 3:6; 14:5); called Elpalet in 1 Chr. 14:5. Also ano...
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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) ...
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