Shmuel Bais 23:24

24 Asah-el the brother of Yoav was one of the thirty; Elchanan Ben Dodo of Beit-Lechem,

Shmuel Bais 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.

Shmuel Bais 23:24 In-Context

22 These things did Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and had the shem among three gibborim.

23 He was more honored than the Shloshim, but he attained not to the first Three. And Dovid set him over his bodyguard.

24 Asah-el the brother of Yoav was one of the thirty; Elchanan Ben Dodo of Beit-Lechem,

25 Shammah the Harodi, Elika the Charodi,

26 Cheletz the Palti, Ira Ben Ikkesh the Tekoi,