Berean Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 11:11-20
11ThisH428 is the listH4557 of David’sH1732 mighty menH1368:
JashobeamH3434 sonH1121 of HachmoniH2453 was chiefH7218 of the officersH7970;1 heH1931 wieldedH5782 his spearH2595 againstH5921 threeH7969 hundred menH3967, whom he killedH2491 at oneH259 timeH6471.
12Next in command wasH310 EleazarH499 sonH1121 of DodoH17342 the AhohiteH266H1931, one of the threeH7969 mighty menH1368. 13HeH1931 wasH1961 withH5973 DavidH1732 at Pas-dammimH6450 when the PhilistinesH6430 gatheredH622 thereH8033 for battleH4421. AtH1961 a placeH2513 with a fieldH7704 full ofH4392 barleyH8184, the troopsH5971 fledH5127 fromH6440 the PhilistinesH6430. 14But Eleazar and David stationed themselvesH33203 in the middleH8432 of the fieldH2513 and defended itH5337. They struck downH5221 the PhilistinesH6430, and the LORDH3068 brought aboutH3467 a greatH1419 victoryH8668.
15ThreeH7969 ofH4480 the thirtyH7970 chief menH7218 went downH3381 toH413 DavidH1732, toH5921 the rockH6697 atH413 the caveH4631 of AdullamH5725, while a companyH4264 of PhilistinesH6430 was encampedH2583 in the ValleyH6010 of RephaimH7497. 16At that timeH227 DavidH1732 was in the strongholdH4686, and the garrisonH5333 of the PhilistinesH6430H227 was at BethlehemH1035. 17DavidH1732 longed for waterH183 and saidH559, “Oh, that someoneH4310 would get me a drinkH8248 of waterH4325 from the wellH953 near the gateH8179 of BethlehemH1035!”
18So the ThreeH7969 brokeH1234 through the PhilistineH6430 campH4264, drewH7579 waterH4325 from the wellH953 at the gateH8179H5375 of BethlehemH1035, and brought itH935 back toH413 DavidH1732. But heH1732 refusedH3808H14 to drink itH8354; instead, he poured it outH5258 to the LORDH3068, 19sayingH559, “Far be itH2486 from me, my GodH430, to doH6213 thisH2063! How can I drinkH8354 the bloodH1818 of theseH428 menH582 who risked their livesH5315?” BecauseH3588 they had brought itH935 at the risk of their livesH5315, David refusedH14H3808 to drink itH8354.
SuchH428 were the exploitsH6213 of the threeH7969 mighty menH1368.
20Now AbishaiH52, the brotherH251 of JoabH3097, wasH1961 chiefH7218 of the ThreeH7969H1931,4 and heH1931 wieldedH5782 his spearH2595 againstH5921 threeH7969 hundredH3967 men, killedH2491 them, and wonH3808 a nameH8034 along with the ThreeH7969.
Notes
- 1. 1 Chronicles 11:11 Or of the Thirty; some LXX manuscripts of the Three; see 2 Samuel 23:8. ↩
- 2. 1 Chronicles 11:12 Dodo is a variant of Dodai; see 1 Chronicles 27:4. ↩
- 3. 1 Chronicles 11:14 Literally But they stationed themselves ↩
- 4. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Hebrew; Syriac the Thirty; also in verse 21 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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