1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ¹  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ²  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ³ 

1 Chronicles 11:21

11:21 From ⁴  the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 11:2

11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. ⁶  The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

1 Chronicles 23:17-19

23:17 The son of Eliezer was ⁷  Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.

23:18 The son ⁸  of Izhar:

Shelomith the oldest.

23:19 The sons of Hebron:

Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 23:23

23:23 The sons of Mushi:

Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth – three in all.

¹ tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

² tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

³ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”

⁴ tn Or “more than.”

⁵ tn Heb “of the three.”

⁶ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “the sons of Eliezer were,” but only one name appears after this in the verse, and we are specifically told that Eliezer had no other sons.

⁸ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shelomith was not Izhar’s only son, but note v. 17.