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11 Next was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. One time the Philistines brought their army together to destroy a crop of peas growing in a field near Lehi. The rest of Israel's soldiers ran away from the Philistines, 12 but Shammah stood in the middle of the field and killed the Philistines. The crops were saved, and the Lord gave Israel a great victory.

13 One year at harvest time, the Three Warriors[a] went to meet David at Adullam Cave.[b] The Philistine army had set up camp in Rephaim Valley

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Footnotes

  1. 23.13 the Three Warriors: Or “three warriors.” Hebrew “three of the thirty most important.”
  2. 23.13 Adullam Cave: This may have happened during the time that David was an outlaw (see 1 Samuel 22.1-6).

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