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But the man who touches them
    must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear,
    and they must be burned with fire on the spot.

David’s Mighty Warriors(A)

These are the names of the warriors whom David had:

Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the three.[a] He was also known as Adino the Eznite, on account of eight hundred slain on one occasion.

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi. He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:8 Or captains, or thirty. Cf. 1Ch 11:11.