Revised Version 1895
1 Chronicles 11:26
26Also the mighty men of the armies; Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;
1 Chronicles 11:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,
- New International Version (NIV)The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The mighty men were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also the mighty warriors were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Context of 1 Chronicles 11:26
24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. 25Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. Also the mighty men of the armies; Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem; 27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite; 28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite;
Read all of 1 Chronicles 111 Chronicles 11:26 word by word
וְגִבּוֹרֵ֖י הַחֲיָלִ֑ים עֲשָׂה־אֵל֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב אֶלְחָנָ֥ן בֶּן־דּוֹד֖וֹ מִבֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 11:26
- 1 Chronicles 27:7The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- 2 Samuel 2:18And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
- 2 Samuel 3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
- 2 Samuel 23:24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;
- 2 Samuel 21:19And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 11:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26etc. The list of names here given corresponds generally with that in 1 Chronicles 11:10. The writer of Samuel does not assign his list to any definite period of David‘s reign, but probably delivers it to us as it was constituted at a later date. It is quite possible therefore that the names which occur only in Chronicles are those of persons who had died or quitted the army before the other list was made out, and that the new names in Samuel are the names…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-47Verses 10-47 An account is given of David's worthies, the great men who served him. Yet David reckoned his success, not as from the mighty men that were with him, but from the mighty God, whose presence is all in all. In strengthening him, they strengthened themselves and their own interest, for his advancement was theirs. We shall gain by what we do in our places for the support of the kingdom of the Son of David; and those that are faithful to Him…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-47This story about David's mighty warriors shows that Israel's best and bravest men supported him, along with all of Israel (compare 2 Samuel 23:8–39).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Also the valiant men of the armies--This was the third degree of military rank, and Asahel was their chief; the names of few of those mentioned are historically known.Read the comment
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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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