2 Samuel 23:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷but with a sharp spear
and are burned on the spot.

The Three Warriors

(1 Chronicles 11.10-19)

⁸These are the names of David's warriors:

Ishbosheth^[a] the son of Hachmon^[b] was the leader of the Three Warriors.^[c] In one battle, he killed 800 men with his spear.^[d]

⁹The next one of the Three Warriors was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite. One time when the Philistines were at war with Israel, he and David dared the Philistines to fight them. Every one of the Israelite soldiers turned and ran,

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Footnotes

23.8 Ishbosheth: Hebrew “Josheb Bashebeth,” which seems to be another spelling of Ishbosheth. See the note at 2.8, although this is a different Ishbosheth.
23.8 the son of Hachmon: Or “the Tahchemonite” (see 1 Chronicles 11.11).
23.8 the Three Warriors: The most honored group of warriors. They may have been part of the Thirty Warriors. “Three” and “thirty” are spelled almost the same in Hebrew, so there is some confusion in the manuscripts as to which group is being talked about in some places in the following lists.
23.8 with … spear: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text (see 1 Chronicles 11.11).