2 Samuel 23:9-14

9 and after him was Eleazar the son of ¹Dodo the ²Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.

10 ³He arose and struck the Philistines until * his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and ⁴the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.

11 Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a ⁵Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.

12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and ⁶the LORD brought about a great victory.

13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the ⁷cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in ⁸the valley of Rephaim.

14 David was then ⁹in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem

2 Samuel 23:9-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 23

In this chapter are recorded the last words of David under a divine inspiration, 2Sa 23:1-7; and an account is given of his great men, famous for warlike exploits, particularly of three mighty men who did very marvellous things, 2Sa 23:8-17; and of two others next unto them, which belonged to another class of three, 2Sa 23:18-23; and then of thirty one more, 2Sa 23:24-39; who are all mentioned by name.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 27:4
• 2. 1 Chronicles 8:4
• 3. 1 Chronicles 11:13
• 4. 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 19:5
• 5. 2 Samuel 23:33
• 6. 2 Samuel 23:10
• 7. 1 Samuel 22:1
• 8. 2 Samuel 5:18
• 9. 1 Samuel 22:4, 5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "reproached"
• [b]. Lit "gone up"
• [c]. Lit "his hand clung"
• [d]. Lit "salvation"
• [e]. Possibly, at Lehi
• [f]. Lit "salvation"