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Here is the record of David’s mightiest warriors: The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the mightiest warriors among David’s men. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
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And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD of Heaven’s Armies was with him.
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These are the leaders of David’s mighty warriors. Together with all Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the LORD had promised concerning Israel.
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Here is the record of David’s mightiest warriors: The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the mightiest warriors among David’s men. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
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Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah.
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He was with David when the Philistines gathered for battle at Pas-dammim and attacked the Israelites in a field full of barley. The Israelite army fled,
Footnotes 1
[a].
As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 2 Sam 23:8 ); Hebrew reads leader of the Thirty, or leader of the captains.