KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 23:23–27
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2 Samuel 23:23
23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
23Hee was ‖more honourable then the thirtie, but hee attained not to the first three: and Dauid set him ouer his ‖guard.
- Or, honourable among the thirtie.
- Or, Councill: Heb. at his command
2 Samuel 23:24
24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
24*Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie: Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- Chap. 2.18.
2 Samuel 23:25
25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
2 Samuel 23:26
26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
26Helez the *Paltite, Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 1.Chron. 11.27.
2 Samuel 23:27
27Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
27Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 23:23
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number equal to three times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To reach, arrive at, or obtain by movement, effort, or progress.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number following two and preceding four.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To watch, protect, keep, or defend; also a person or body assigned to such protection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 23:24
A male sibling; a near kinsman; or a fellow member of a people or faith, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number equal to three times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A personal name borne by several men in the Old Testament.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study6This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
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Open the full verse study14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
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Open the full verse study23¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
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Open the full verse study8And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study18¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
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Open the full verse study7The 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.
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Open the full verse study26¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
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Open the full verse study1THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Open the full verse study27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
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Open the full verse study9The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
10The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
From verse 27
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Open the full verse study18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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Open the full verse study19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
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Open the full verse study28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
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Open the full verse study12The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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