And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of (A)Dodo, son of (B)Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.

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(A)Dodai the Ahohite[a] was in charge of the division of the second month; in his division were 24,000.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:4 Septuagint; Hebrew Ahohite and his division and Mikloth the chief officer

12 And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of (A)Dodo, the Ahohite. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim (B)when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines. 14 But he took his[a] stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the Lord saved them by a great victory.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:14 Compare 2 Samuel 23:12; Hebrew they… their

26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away (A)the reproach from Israel? For who is this (B)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should (C)defy the armies of (D)the living God?”

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I looked, but (A)there was no one to help;
    I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
    and my wrath upheld me.

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(A)“I have trodden the winepress alone,
    (B)and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
    and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood[a] spattered on my garments,
    and stained all my apparel.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:3 Or their juice; also verse 6

45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with (A)a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, (B)whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. (C)And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day (D)to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, (E)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

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36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, (A)for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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10 And the Philistine said, (A)“I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”

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And Balaam (A)took up his discourse and said,

“From (B)Aram Balak has brought me,
    the king of Moab (C)from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, (D)curse Jacob for me,
    and come, denounce Israel!’
How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
    How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

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