But the sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away,
Because they cannot be taken with hands.
But the man who touches them
Must be [a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

David’s Mighty Men(A)

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: [b]Josheb-Basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief among [c]the captains. He was called Adino the Eznite, because he had killed eight hundred men at one time.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit. filled
  2. 2 Samuel 23:8 Lit. One Who Sits in the Seat (1 Chr. 11:11)
  3. 2 Samuel 23:8 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. the three

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