2 Samuel 23:6-8

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶But godless men^[a] are all like thorns that are thrown away;
    for they cannot be taken with the hand;
⁷but the man who touches them
    arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
    and they are utterly consumed with fire.”^[b]

David’s Mighty Men

⁸These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshe′beth a Tah-che′monite; he was chief of the three;^[c] he wielded his spear^[d] against eight hundred whom he slew at one time.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 23:6 Heb worthlessness
2 Samuel 23:7 Heb fire in the sitting
2 Samuel 23:8 Or captains
2 Samuel 23:8 1 Chron 11.11: Heb obscure

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