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11 [a]This is the list of David’s brave warriors: Ishbaal, a Hachmonite, was the leader of the captains. He raised up his spear against three hundred men at one time and he slew them.

12 After him there was Eleazar, the son of Dodo, who was one of the three mighty men. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. It was a field that was planted with barley, and the people fled before the Philistines.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:11 Three mighty men: the Chronicler in this case only mentions two men, Ishbaal and Eleazar. However, we know from 2 Sam 23:11 that Shammah was the third.

11 This is an account of David's mighty men: (A)Jashobeam, a (B)Hachmonite, was (C)chief of the three.[a] He wielded his spear against 300 whom he killed at one time.

12 And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of (D)Dodo, the Ahohite. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim (E)when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:11 Compare 2 Samuel 23:8; Hebrew thirty, or captains