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No one can touch them,
except with iron bar or the shaft of a spear.
    They must be burned up with fire right on the spot!

David’s warriors

These are the names of David’s warriors: Jeshbaal[a] from Hachmon[b] was chief of the Three.[c] He raised his spear[d] against eight hundred, killing them on a single occasion.

Next in command was Eleazar, Dodo’s son and Ahohi’s grandson. He was among the three warriors with David when they insulted the Philistines who had gathered there for battle. The Israelites retreated,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:8 LXXL, OL; MT Josheb-bashebeth; cf 1 Chron 11:11
  2. 2 Samuel 23:8 See 1 Chron 11:11.
  3. 2 Samuel 23:8 LXXL, Vulg; cf 1 Chron 11:11; MT chief of the officers
  4. 2 Samuel 23:8 Cf 1 Chron 11:11; Heb uncertain

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