5:24 These were the leaders of their families: 2
Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, 3 and leaders of their families.
Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. 5 He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. 6
1 tn Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.
2 tn Heb “and these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers.”
3 tn Heb “men of names.”
3 tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”
4 tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).
5 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”
4 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.
5 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”
6 tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”