2 Samuel 23:7-9

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⁷The man who touches them
must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear.
They will be completely burned up on the spot.

Exploits of David’s Warriors

⁸These are the names of David’s warriors:^(A)

Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the officers.^[a] He wielded his spear^[b] against eight hundred men that he killed at one time.

⁹After him, Eleazar son of Dodo son of an Ahohite was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines. The men of Israel retreated in the place they had gathered for battle,

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Footnotes

23:8 Some Hb mss, LXX read Three
23:8 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, LXX read He was Adino the Eznite

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