2 Samuel 23 · Verse 25

2 Samuel 23:25

Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
2 Samuel 23:25, King James Version

2 Samuel 23:25 in other translations

BSBShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
WEBShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
ASVShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
YLTShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
DARBYShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
BBEShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
WebsterShammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

What does 2 Samuel 23:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 23:19-39

19-39. the first three--The mighty men or champions in David's military staff were divided into three classes--the highest, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; the second class, Abishai, Benaiah, and Asahel; and the third class, the thirty, of which Asahel was the chief. There are thirty-one mentioned in the list, including Asahel; and these added to the two superior orders make thirty-seven. Two of them, we know, were…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Shammah the Harodite - There are several varieties in the names of the following shalishim; which may be seen by comparing these verses with 1Chr 11:27.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:8-39

David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a youth, and it was without due thought that he desired it. Were his valiant men so forward to expose themselves, upon the least hint of their prince's mind, and so eager to please him, and shall not we long to approve ourselves to…

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2 Samuel 23:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שַׁמָּה֙sha.MahShammahH8048
הַֽחֲרֹדִ֔יha.cha.ro.Dithe HaroditeH2733
אֱלִיקָ֖א'e.li.Ka'ElikaH470
הַחֲרֹדִֽי\׃\ \סha.cha.ro.Dithe HaroditeH2733

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 23:25

  • 1 Chronicles 11:27-28

    Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,

  • Judges 7:1

    Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shammah.
1Ch 11:27,28
Shammoth the Harorite.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 23:24

    Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,

  • 2 Samuel 23:25

    Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

  • 2 Samuel 23:26

    Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

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2 Samuel 23:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Samma de Harodi, Elica de Harodi;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Shamma, le Harodite; Élika, le Harodite;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Schamma, der Haroditer; Elika, der Haroditer;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Semma de Harodi, Elica de Harodi,