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2 Samuel 23:7-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
2 Samuel 23:7-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 A person who touches them uses iron ⌞tools⌟
or the shaft of a spear.
Fire [a] will burn them up completely wherever they are.”
David’s Three Fighting Men(A)
8 These are the names of David’s fighting men: Josheb Basshebeth from Tahkemon’s family was leader of the three. He used a spear [b] to kill 800 men on one occasion.
9 Next in rank to him was Eleazar, another one of the three fighting men. He was the son of Dodo and grandson of Aho. Eleazar was with David at Pas Dammim [c] when the Philistines gathered there for battle. When the soldiers from Israel retreated,
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- 23:7 Or “The fire.”
- 23:8 1 Chronicles 11:11.
- 23:9 1 Chronicles 11:13; Masoretic Text “when [the Philistines] challenged.”
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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