2 Samuel 23:39

Overview - 2 Samuel 23
David, in his last words, professes his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience.
The different state of the wicked.
A catalogue of David's mighty men.
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2 Samuel 23:39  (King James Version)
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
 


Uriah
2 Samuel 11:3 2 Samuel 11:6-27 12:9 1 Kings 15:5 ; 1 Chronicles 11:41 ; Matthew 1:6

thirty and seven in all
From the number of these officers being thirty-seven, it is almost self-evident that {shalishim} cannot denote the thirty, as rendered in ver
13, etc., but some particular description of men, or officers; for it can scarcely be said, with propriety, that we have thirty-seven out of thirty; and besides, in the parallel place in 1 Chronicles, there are sixteen added!