2 Samuel 23:11
9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
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.
12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched 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, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
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