2 Samuel 23:24

24 `Asa'el the brother of Yo'av was one of the thirty; Elchanan the son of Dodo of Beit-Lechem,

2 Samuel 23:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:24

Asahel the brother of Joab [was] one of the thirty
Or rather over the thirty ^F14, who are next mentioned; since there are thirty reckoned besides him, and the Arabic version calls him the prince of the thirty; Joab is not named at all, because he was general of the whole army, and so not to be reckoned in any of the three classes:

Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem:
a townsman of David.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Myvylvb) "supra triginta istos", Junius & Tremellius.

2 Samuel 23:24 In-Context

22 These things did Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three. David set him over his guard.

24 `Asa'el the brother of Yo'av was one of the thirty; Elchanan the son of Dodo of Beit-Lechem,

25 Shammah the Harodi, Elika the Harodi,

26 Heletz the Paltite, `Ira the son of `Ikkesh the Tekoite,