2 Samuel 23:9-10

23:9 Next in command ¹  was Eleazar son of Dodo, ²  the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, ³  23:10 he stood his ground ⁴  and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it ⁵  seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

[23:9]  ¹ tn Heb “after him.”

[23:9]  ² tc This follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading דֹּדוֹ (dodo) rather than the Kethib of the MT דֹּדַי (dodai; cf. ASV, NIV, NLT). But see 1 Chr 27:4.

[23:9]  ³ tn Heb “went up.”

[23:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose.”

[23:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “his hand.”