1 Chronicles 11:11

11 This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; ^[a] he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

1 Chronicles 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:11

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:11 In-Context

9 And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.

10 Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

11 This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

12 Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men.

13 He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.

Footnotes

• [a] Or of the Thirty; some LXX manuscripts of the Three; see 2 Samuel 23:8.