2 Samuel 23:25

25 ¹Shammah the ²Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

2 Samuel 23:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:25

Shammah the Harodite
Called Shammah the Harorite in ( 1 Chronicles 11:27 ) ; by a change of the letters (r) "R" and (d) "D", which is frequent:

Elika the Harodite;
or who was of Harod, as the Targum; these both were from one place: mention is made of the well of Harod, ( Judges 7:1 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

23 He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.

24 Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,