1 Chronicles 11:11

11 This is the list of David's warriors: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the Thirty;[a] he wielded his spear against 300 and killed them 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 David steadily grew more powerful, and the Lord of Hosts was with him.
10 The following were the chiefs of David's warriors who, together with all Israel, strongly supported him in his reign to make him king according to the Lord's word about Israel.
11 This is the list of David's warriors: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the Thirty; he wielded his spear against 300 and killed them at one time.
12 After him, Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite was one of the three warriors.
13 He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines had gathered there for battle. A plot of ground full of barley was there, where the troops had fled from the Philistines.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Alt Hb tradition reads Three
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