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But [a]the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away,
Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
But the man that toucheth them
Must be [b]armed with iron and the staff of a spear:
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: [c]Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:6 Hebrew Belial, that is, worthlessness.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:7 Hebrew filled.
  3. 2 Samuel 23:8 In 1 Chr. 11:11, Jashobeam. The Hebrew of this verse is obscure.