1 Chronicles 11:13

13 He was with David at Pas Dammim, where the Philistines had mustered their troops for battle. It was an area where there was a field of barley. The army started to flee from the Philistines

1 Chronicles 11:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:13

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:13 In-Context

11 The list of David's Mighty Men: Jashobeam son of Hacmoni was chief of the Thirty. Singlehandedly he killed three hundred men, killed them all in one skirmish.
12 Next was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the Big Three of the Mighty Men.
13 He was with David at Pas Dammim, where the Philistines had mustered their troops for battle. It was an area where there was a field of barley. The army started to flee from the Philistines
14 and then took its stand right in that field - and turned the tide! They slaughtered the Philistines, God helping them - a huge victory.
15 The Big Three from the Thirty made a rocky descent to David at the Cave of Adullam while a company of Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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