1 Chronicles 11:26

26 Forsooth the strongest men in the host were Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Elhanan, the son of his father's brother of Bethlehem, (And so the strongest men in the army were Asahel, Joab's brother, and Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,)

1 Chronicles 11:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:26

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:26 In-Context

24 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, did these things, (he) that was most named among (the second) three strong men, (Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, did these things, and he was the most famous among The Thirty mighty men,)
25 and he was the first among [the] thirty; nevertheless he came not to the (first) three; and David set him at his ear for a good counsellor. (yea, he was the most famous among The Thirty; but he did not achieve the fame of The Three; and David put him in charge of his bodyguard.)
26 Forsooth the strongest men in the host were Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Elhanan, the son of his father's brother of Bethlehem, (And so the strongest men in the army were Asahel, Joab's brother, and Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,)
27 Shammoth (the) Harorite, Helez (the) Pelonite,
28 Ira, the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,
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