2 Samuel 23:25

25 Shammah, of Harodites; Elika, of Harodites;

2 Samuel 23:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:25

Shammah the Harodite
Called Shammah the Harorite in ( 1 Chronicles 11:27 ) ; by a change of the letters (r) "R" and (d) "D", which is frequent:

Elika the Harodite;
or who was of Harod, as the Targum; these both were from one place: mention is made of the well of Harod, ( Judges 7:1 ) .

2 Samuel 23:25 In-Context

23 that were among the thirty nobler men; nevertheless he came not (up) to the first three. And David made him a counsellor of private to himself. (indeed some said he was the most famous of The Thirty; nevertheless he came not up to, or rivaled, The Three. And David made him his personal counsellor/the head of his bodyguard.)

24 Asahel, the brother of Joah, was among the thirty men; Elhanan, the son of his father's brother, of Bethlehem; (And other members of The Thirty; Asahel, Joah's brother; and Elhanan, the son of Dodo, of Bethlehem;)

25 Shammah, of Harodites; Elika, of Harodites;

26 Helez, of Paltites; Ira, the son of Ikkesh, of Tekoa; (Helez, of Pelet; Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;)

27 Abiezer, of Anathoth (Abiezer the Anethothite); Mebunnai, of Hushathites;