But the man that shall touch them, must be defenced with iron, or with the shaft of a spear: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.

¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom David hath: He that sat in the seat of [a]wisdom, being chief of the princes, was Adino of Ezni, he slew eight hundred at one time.

And after him was (A)Eleazar the son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi, one of the three worthies with David, when they [b]defied the Philistines gathered there to battle, when the men of Israel were [c]gone up.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:8 As one of the King’s counsel.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:9 Or, assailed with danger of their lives.
  3. 2 Samuel 23:9 Meaning, fled from the battle.

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