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Text -- 2 Samuel 23:17-39 (NET)
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23:17 and said , “O Lord , I will not do this ! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going .” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors .
23:18 Abishai son of Zeruiah , the brother of Joab , was head of the three . He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three .
23:19 From the three he was given honor and he became their officer , even though he was not one of the three .
23:20 Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits . He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab . He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day .
23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian . The Egyptian wielded a spear , while Benaiah attacked him with a club . He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear .
23:22 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoida , who gained fame among the three elite warriors .
23:23 He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard .
23:24 Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab , Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem ,
23:25 Shammah the Harodite , Elika the Harodite ,
23:26 Helez the Paltite , Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa ,
23:27 Abiezer the Anathothite , Mebunnai the Hushathite ,
23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite , Maharai the Netophathite ,
23:29 Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite , Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin ,
23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite , Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash ,
23:31 Abi-Albon the Arbathite , Azmaveth the Barhumite ,
23:32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite , the sons of Jashen , Jonathan
23:33 son of Shammah the Hararite , Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite ,
23:34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite , Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite ,
23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite , Paarai the Arbite ,
23:36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah , Bani the Gadite ,
23:37 Zelek the Ammonite , Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah ),
23:38 Ira the Ithrite , Gareb the Ithrite
23:39 and Uriah the Hittite . Altogether there were thirty-seven .
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NET Notes: 2Sa 23:18 Heb “and he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain, and to him there was a name among the three.”
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NET Notes: 2Sa 23:20 Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אריאל is uncertain; some read “warrior.” Th...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 23:29 The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading חֵלֶד (kheled; cf. NAB, NIV, NLT) rather than the MT ח...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 23:35 The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading חֶצְרַי (khetsrai; cf. KJV, NAB) ra...
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