2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel 23:6-16

61But the worthless, every one of them, are like scattered thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;7Instead, the man who touches them Must be 2armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And 3they will be completely burned with fire in their 4place.”

85These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the 6captains; he was called Adino the Eznite because of eight hundred who were killed by him at one time. 9And after him was Eleazar the son of 7Dodo the 8Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had 9withdrawn. 1010He rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and 11it clung to the sword, and 12the Lord brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder the dead.

11Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee, a 13Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered 14into an army where there was a plot of land full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. 12But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it, and struck the Philistines; and 15the Lord brought about a great victory.

13Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David at harvest time to the 16cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in 17the Valley of Rephaim. 14David was then 18in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15And 19David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!” 1620So the three mighty men forced their way into the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Yet he would not drink it, but 21poured it out as an offering to the Lord;

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 23:6 Matt 13:41 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit filled ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 23:7 Matt 3:10; 13:30; Heb 6:8 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit sitting ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 23:8 1 Chr 11:11-47 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 23:8 Or three ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 23:9 1 Chr 27:4 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 23:9 1 Chr 8:4 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 23:9 Lit gone up ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 23:10 1 Chr 11:13 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 23:10 Lit his hand ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 23:10 1 Sam 11:13; 19:5 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 23:11 2 Sam 23:33 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 23:11 Or possibly, at Lehi ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 23:12 2 Sam 23:10 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 23:13 1 Sam 22:1 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 23:13 2 Sam 5:18 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 23:14 1 Sam 22:4, 5 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Samuel 23:15 1 Chr 11:17 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Samuel 23:16 1 Chr 11:18 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Samuel 23:16 Gen 35:14 ↩

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