2 Samuel 23:7-9

Names of God Bible

⁷A 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)

⁸These 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.

⁹Next 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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Footnotes

2 Samuel 23:7 Or “The fire.”
2 Samuel 23:8 1 Chronicles 11:11; Greek “drew his sword”; Hebrew meaning of Masoretic Text uncertain.
2 Samuel 23:9 1 Chronicles 11:13; Masoretic Text “when [the Philistines] challenged.”