2 Samuel 23:11
9 Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
10 but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
12 But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
13 At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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Compare
- BSB
- And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
- KJV
- And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
- WEB
- After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
- ASV
- And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
- DARBY
- And after him, Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite: the Philistines were gathered into a troop, and there was there a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines;
- BLB
- And after him [was] Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines had gathered together into a troop, and there was a portion of the field full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.
- ÅB
- Etter ham kom Samma, sønn av Age, hararitten. Filistrene hadde engang samlet seg til en hel flokk, og der var det et jorde som var fullt av linser. Da nå folket flyktet for filistrene,
- OTB
- Ved siden av ham var Sjamma, sønn av Agee, en Hararitt. Og filisterne var samlet i en tropp der det var et stykke jord fullt av linser, og folket flyktet fra filisterne.
- B1930
- Efter ham kom Samma, sønn av Age, hararitten. Filistrene hadde engang samlet sig til en hel flokk, og der var det et jorde som var fullt av linser. Da nu folket flyktet for filistrene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 11:27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:13–14
He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:33
son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
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