18 Joab’s brother Abishaiwas the leader of the Thirty Warriors,23.18 the Thirty Warriors: The second most honored group of warriors. They may have also been officers in the army (see the note at 23.8).and in one battle he killed 300 men with his spear. He was as famous as the Three Warriors 19 and certainly just as famous as the rest of the Thirty Warriors. He was the commander of the Thirty Warriors, but he still did not become one of the Three Warriors.
20 Benaiahthe son of Jehoiadawas a brave man from Kabzeelwho did some amazing things. He killed two of Moab’s best fighters,23.20 Moab’s best fighters: Or "big lions in Moab;" one ancient translation "sons of Ariel from Moab."and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion. 21 Another time, he killed an Egyptian, as big as a giant.23.21 Egyptian … giant: First Chronicles 11.23; in this verse the Hebrew text has "good-looking Egyptian."The Egyptian was armed with a spear, but Benaiah only had a club. Benaiah grabbed the spear from the Egyptian and killed him with it. 22,23 Benaiahdid these things. He never became one of the Three Warriors, but he was just as famous as they were and certainly just as famous as the rest of the Thirty Warriors. Davidmade him the leader of his bodyguard.
24-39 Some of the Thirty Warriors were:
Asahelthe brother of Joab
Elhananthe son of Dodofrom Bethlehem
Shammahfrom Harod
Elikafrom Harod
Helezthe Paltite
Irathe son of Ikkeshfrom Tekoa
Abiezerfrom Anathoth
Mebunnai23.24-39 Mebunnai: Or "Sibbecai" (see 1 Chronicles 11.26-47).the Hushathite
Zalmonthe Ahohite
Maharaifrom Netophah
Helebthe son of Baanahfrom Netophah
Ittaithe son of Ribaifrom Gibeahof the tribe of Benjamin
Benaiahfrom Pirathon
Hiddaifrom the streams on Mount Gaash
Abialbonfrom Beth-Arabah
Azmavethfrom Bahurim23.24-39 Bahurim: Or "Barhum."
Eliahbafrom Shaalbon
Jashen23.24-39 Jashen: Hebrew "sons of Jashen."
Jonathanthe son of Shammahthe Hararite23.24-39 Jonathan … Hararite: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation (see 1 Chronicles 11.26-47). In the Hebrew text Jonathan and Shammah are separate members of the list.
Ahiamthe son of Shararthe Hararite
Elipheletthe son of Ahasbaifrom Maacah
Eliamthe son of Ahithophelfrom Gilo
Hezrofrom Carmel
Paaraithe Arbite
Igalthe son of Nathanfrom Zobah
Banithe Gadite
Zelekfrom Ammon
Naharaifrom Beeroth, who carried the weapons of Joabthe son of Zeruiah
Irathe Ithrite
Garebthe Ithrite
Uriahthe Hittite
There were 37 in all.
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Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, commanded the king’s army, killed Abner and Absalom, and was killed by order of Solomon (2 Samuel 2:13).
Abishai was the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and served David in war. He entered Saul’s camp by night with David and asked to strike Saul with the spear, but David did not allow him (1 Samuel 26:9).
Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was a soldier of Kabzeel who killed two of Moab’s best warriors and a lion, commanded David’s Cherethites and Pelethites, and struck down Joab and Shimei by Solomon’s order (1 Kings 2:34).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was a soldier of Kabzeel who killed two of Moab’s best warriors and a lion, commanded David’s Cherethites and Pelethites, and struck down Joab and Shimei by Solomon’s order (1 Kings 2:34).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Asahel, son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab and Abishai, pursued Abner and, refusing to turn aside even after two warnings, was struck by Abner’s spear and died (2 Samuel 2:23).
Bethlehem is the town in Judah from which the ruler who would shepherd Israel would come, and where David tended his father’s sheep; there Herod gave orders to kill the boys two years old and under (Matthew 2:16).
Tekoa is the town where Amos raised sheep and from where Joab sent for a wise woman to speak to the king; the men of Tekoa repaired a section from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel (Amos 1:1).
Anathoth is the town in the land of Benjamin where the priest Jeremiah son of Hilkiah was. Jeremiah bought the property there from his cousin Hanamel for seventeen shekels of silver (Jeremiah 32:9).
Netophah is the town where Maharai and Heldai were from, each with a division of twenty-four thousand men, in the tenth and in the twelfth month (1 Chronicles 27:15).
Netophah is the town where Maharai and Heldai were from, each with a division of twenty-four thousand men, in the tenth and in the twelfth month (1 Chronicles 27:15).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).
Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, was the home and burial place of Abdon son of Hillel, who led Israel; Benaiah, one of David’s mighty warriors, was also from there (Judges 12:15).
Carmel was the place where Nabal, a very wealthy man, had his property and sheared his sheep; Abigail, who was Nabal’s wife and later David’s, was from there. Saul set up a monument there (1 Samuel 25:2).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Beeroth was a city of the Hivites, along with Gibeon, Chephirah, and Kiriath-jearim, and was considered part of Benjamin; from there came Rechab and Baanah, who went to the house of Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4:5).
Jattir was a city of the tribe of Judah, in the hill country, given with its pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron, together with Eshtemoa (Joshua 21:14).
Jattir was a city of the tribe of Judah, in the hill country, given with its pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron, together with Eshtemoa (Joshua 21:14).