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David's Mighty Warriors

Index David's Mighty Warriors

David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; ha-Gibbōrîm) are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in, part of the "supplementary information" added to the Second Book of Samuel in its final four chapters. [1]

72 relations: Abiezer, Abishai (biblical figure), Ahitophel, Ahoah, Ahohite, Ammon, Anathoth, Ancient Egypt, Arabah, Arad, Israel, Archite, Aroer (Moab), Asahel, Bahurim, Beeroth (biblical city), Benaiah, Bethlehem, Bible translations into English, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Bodyguard, Books of Chronicles, Books of Samuel, Carmel (biblical settlement), Cave of Adullam, Club (weapon), David, David's Mighty Warriors, Ein Harod, Eleazar (son of Dodai), Elhanan, son of Dodo, Ethnology, Gibeah, Gilo, Giloh, Gizo, Israel, Hebrews, Hittites, International Standard Version, Ish-bosheth, Israelites, Jashobeam, Jattir, Joab, Kiriath-Jearim, Libation, Lion, List of minor biblical places, Maacah, Masoretic Text, Moab, ..., Mount Gaash, Peake's Commentary on the Bible, Peshitta, Philistines, Pirathon, Salbit, Saul, Septuagint, Shammah, Snow, Tanakh, Textual criticism, Transliteration, Tribe of Reuben, Tuqu', Typographical error, Umm Tuba, Uriah the Hittite, Yahweh, Zeruiah, Zobah, 2 Samuel 23. Expand index (22 more) »

Abiezer

Abiezer or Abieezer is the name of three Biblical characters.

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Abishai (biblical figure)

Abishai was the eldest son of Zeruiah, sister of the biblical King David.

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Ahitophel

Ahitophel, Achitopel or Ahithophel was a counselor of King David and a man greatly renowned for his sagacity.

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Ahoah

Ahoah ("brotherly") was one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4).

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Ahohite

Ahohite (a-ho'-hit) is an epithet applied to the descendants of Ahoah, in particular.

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Ammon

Ammon (ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.

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Anathoth

Anathoth is the name of one of the Levitical cities given to "the children of Aaron" in the tribe of Benjamin. Residents were called Antothites or Anetothites.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River - geographically Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, in the place that is now occupied by the countries of Egypt and Sudan.

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Arabah

The Arabah (وادي عربة, Wādī ʻAraba), or Arava/Aravah (הָעֲרָבָה, HaAravah, lit. "desolate and dry area"), as it is known by its respective Arabic and Hebrew names, is a geographic area south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east.

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Arad, Israel

Arad (עֲרָד; عِرَادَ) is a city in the Southern District of Israel.

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Archite

No description.

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Aroer (Moab)

Aroer (עֲרוֹעֵר, עֲרֹעֵר) is a biblical town on the north bank of the River Arnon to the east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.

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Asahel

Asahel (Hebrew: עשהאל, Greek: ‘Ασαέλ) (also known as Asael) was the youngest son of Zeruiah, step-daughter of Jesse, daughter of Nahash (which can be inferred from 2 Samuel 17:25).

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Bahurim

Bahurim (etymology uncertainMcKenzie, John, Dictionary of the Bible, Simon & Schuster, 1995, p77) was a village mentioned in the Hebrew Bible east of Jerusalem, on the road to the Jordan valley, close to the Mount of Olives.

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Beeroth (biblical city)

Beeroth (Hebrew: בארות; Be'erot, lit. "wells") was a Biblical city seven miles northwest of Jerusalem.

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Benaiah

Benaiah (בניהו, "Yahweh builds up") is a common name in the Hebrew Bible.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم, "House of Meat"; בֵּית לֶחֶם,, "House of Bread";; Bethleem; initially named after Canaanite fertility god Lehem) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem.

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Bible translations into English

Partial Bible translations into languages of the English people can be traced back to the late 7th century, including translations into Old and Middle English.

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Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, abbreviated as BHS or rarely BH4, is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex, and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes.

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Bodyguard

A bodyguard (or close protection officer) is a type of security guard or government law enforcement officer or soldier who protects a person or people — usually high-ranking public officials or officers, wealthy people, and celebrities — from danger: generally theft, assault, kidnapping, assassination, harassment, loss of confidential information, threats, or other criminal offences.

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Books of Chronicles

In the Christian Bible, the two Books of Chronicles (commonly referred to as 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, or First Chronicles and Second Chronicles) generally follow the two Books of Kings and precede Ezra–Nehemiah, thus concluding the history-oriented books of the Old Testament, often referred to as the Deuteronomistic history.

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Books of Samuel

The Books of Samuel, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel.

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Carmel (biblical settlement)

Carmel was an ancient Israelite town in Judea.

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Cave of Adullam

The Cave of Adullam was originally a stronghold referred to in the Old Testament, near the town of Adullam, where future King David sought refuge from King Saul.

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Club (weapon)

A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, beating stick, or bludgeon) is among the simplest of all weapons: a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times.

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David

David is described in the Hebrew Bible as the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.

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David's Mighty Warriors

David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; ha-Gibbōrîm) are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in, part of the "supplementary information" added to the Second Book of Samuel in its final four chapters.

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Ein Harod

Ein Harod (עֵין חֲרוֹד) was a kibbutz in Israel between 1921 and 1952, when it split into Ein Harod (Ihud) and Ein Harod (Meuhad).

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Eleazar (son of Dodai)

For other people named Eleazer.

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Elhanan, son of Dodo

The Biblical Elhanan was the son of Dodo (2 Samuel 23:24, 1 Chronicles 11:26).

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Ethnology

Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "nation") is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationship between them (cf. cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology).

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Gibeah

Gibeah (גבעה Giv'a) is a place name appearing in several books of the Bible.

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Gilo

Gilo (גִּלֹה) is an Israeli settlement in south-western East Jerusalem, with a population of 40,000, mostly Jewish inhabitants.

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Giloh

Giloh was a city in Judah.

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Gizo, Israel

Gizo (גִּיזוֹ) is a community settlement in central Israel.

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Hebrews

Hebrews (Hebrew: עברים or עבריים, Tiberian ʿIḇrîm, ʿIḇriyyîm; Modern Hebrew ʿIvrim, ʿIvriyyim; ISO 259-3 ʕibrim, ʕibriyim) is a term appearing 34 times within 32 verses of the Hebrew Bible.

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Hittites

The Hittites were an Ancient Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BC.

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International Standard Version

The International Standard Version or ISV is a new English translation of the Bible for which the New Testament has been published and the Old Testament has been translated.

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Ish-bosheth

According to the Hebrew Bible, Ish-bosheth (Standard: Ishbóshet; Tiberian: ʼΚbṓšeṯ) also called Eshbaal (Standard: Eshbáʻal; Tiberian: ʼEšbáʻal), Ashbaal or Ishbaal, was one of the four sons of King Saul and was chosen as the second king over the Kingdom of Israel, which then consisted of all the Twelve Tribes of Israel, after the death of his father and three brothers at the Battle of Mount Gilboa.

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Israelites

The Israelites (בני ישראל Bnei Yisra'el) were a confederation of Iron Age Semitic-speaking tribes of the ancient Near East, who inhabited a part of Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods.

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Jashobeam

Jashobeam (יָשָׁבְעָם, Yāšoḇəʻām; Iēsbaam, whence English Jesbaam or Jesbaham; 10th or 9th century BC), also called Josheb-Basshebeth (יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת, Yōšēḇ Baššeḇeṯ; some Septuagint manuscripts "Ish-Bosheth") and possibly Adino the Eznite (עֲדִינֹו, ʻAdīnō), was chief of the Three Mighty Warriors2 Sam.

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Jattir

Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר pronounced Yattir) is a town that is mentioned in the Bible as being in the historic Land of Israel.

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Joab

Joab (Hebrew Modern Yo'av Tiberian Yôʼāḇ) the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army, according to the Hebrew Bible.

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Kiriath-Jearim

Kiriath-Jearim (Qiryaṯ Yə‘ārîm; also spelled Kiriyat Yearim, Καριαθιαριμ "city of woods", Latin: Cariathiarim) was a city in the Land of Israel mentioned 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.

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Libation

A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid (ex: milk or other fluids such as corn flour mixed with water), or grains such as rice, as an offering to a god or spirit, or in memory of those who have "passed on".

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae).

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List of minor biblical places

Abdon was a Levitical city in Asher allocated to the Gershonites.

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Maacah

Maacah (Codex Alexandrinus: Maacha, KJV: Maachah, Hebrew: מעכה ma`akhah "Crushed") is a non-gender-specific personal name used in the Bible to refer to a number of people.

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Masoretic Text

The Masoretic Text (MT, 𝕸, or \mathfrak) is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Tanakh for Rabbinic Judaism.

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Moab

Moab (Moabite: Māʾab;; Μωάβ Mōáb; Assyrian: 𒈬𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 Mu'aba, 𒈠𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 Ma'ba, 𒈠𒀪𒀊 Ma'ab; Egyptian 𓈗𓇋𓃀𓅱𓈉 Mu'ibu) is the historical name for a mountainous tract of land in Jordan.

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Mount Gaash

Mount Gaash was the name of a hill in ancient Israel, in the mountainous region of Ephraim, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.

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Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Peake's Commentary on the Bible is a one-volume commentary on the Bible that gives special attention to Biblical archaeology and the then-recent discoveries of biblical manuscripts.

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Peshitta

The Peshitta (ܦܫܝܛܬܐ) is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition.

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Philistines

The Philistines were an ancient people known for their conflict with the Israelites described in the Bible.

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Pirathon

Pirathon was an ancient town mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Salbit

Salbit (سلبيت, also spelled Selbît) was a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of al-Ramla.

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Saul

Saul (meaning "asked for, prayed for"; Saul; طالوت, Ṭālūt or شاؤل, Ša'ūl), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah.

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Septuagint

The Septuagint or LXX (from the septuāgintā literally "seventy"; sometimes called the Greek Old Testament) is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew.

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Shammah

Shammah is a name mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.

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Snow

Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface.

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Tanakh

The Tanakh (or; also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach), also called the Mikra or Hebrew Bible, is the canonical collection of Jewish texts, which is also a textual source for the Christian Old Testament.

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Textual criticism

Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants in either manuscripts or printed books.

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Transliteration

Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways (such as α → a, д → d, χ → ch, ն → n or æ → e).

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Tribe of Reuben

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Tuqu'

Tuquʿ (تقوع, also spelled Teqoa) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate, located 12 km southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank.

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Typographical error

A typographical error (often shortened to typo), also called misprint, is a mistake made in the typing process (such as a spelling mistake) of printed material.

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Umm Tuba

Umm Tuba (أم طوبا) is an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher; it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

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Uriah the Hittite

Uriah the Hittite (’Ūrîyāh ha-Ḥittî) was a soldier in King David’s army mentioned in the biblical Second Book of Samuel.

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Yahweh

Yahweh (or often in English; יַהְוֶה) was the national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah.

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Zeruiah

Zeruiah (צרויה, sometimes transliterated Tzruya or Zeruya) is a figure mentioned in the book of Samuel 2.

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Zobah

Zobah or Aram-Zobah (Hebrew צובה or ארם צובא) was an early Aramean state which extended from the Beqaa Valley along the eastern side of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains reaching Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south, at one time of considerable importance.

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2 Samuel 23

2 Samuel 23 is the 23rd chapter of the second Book of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David's_Mighty_Warriors

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