2 Samuel 23:6-8

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⁶But the godless are^[a] all like thorns that are thrown away;
    for they cannot be picked up with the hand;
⁷to touch them one uses an iron bar
    or the shaft of a spear.
    And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.^[b]

David’s Mighty Men

⁸These are the names of the warriors whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the Three;^[c] he wielded his spear^[d] against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 23:6 Heb But worthlessness
2 Samuel 23:7 Heb in sitting
2 Samuel 23:8 Gk Vg Compare 1 Chr 11.11: Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Samuel 23:8 1 Chr 11.11: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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