2 Samuel 23:37

Bible in Basic English

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Zelek the Ammonite,

Hebrew Names Version
Tzelek the `Ammonite, Naharai the Be'erotite, armor bearers to Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah,

King James Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

English Standard Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

New Century Version
Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, who carried the armor of Joab son of Zeruiah;

New English Translation
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah),

Amplified Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

New American Standard Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Zelek the Ammonite: Naharai the Becrothite, the armour bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah:

Legacy Standard Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Complete Jewish Bible
Tzelek the ‘Amoni, Nachrai the Be'eroti, armor-bearer for Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah,

Darby Translation
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Easy-to-Read Version
Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai from Beeroth (Naharai carried the armor for Joab son of Zeruiah);

George Lamsa Translation
Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zoriah,

Lexham English Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the carriers of the weapons of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Literal Translation
Zelek of Ammon; Naharai the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Zeleg the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the weapen bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia,

American Standard Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Zelec the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, which was the harnesse bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

King James Version (1611)
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, armour-bearer to Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Gelore the Bethorite, armour-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.

English Revised Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

Berean Standard Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bonny, of Gaddi; Silech, of Ammony; Naarai, of Beroth, the squyer of Joab, the sone of Saruye;

Young's Literal Translation
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah,

Update Bible Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Webster's Bible Translation
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

World English Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

New King James Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),

New Living Translation
Zelek from Ammon; Naharai from Beeroth, the armor bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;

New Life Bible
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the one who carried the battle clothes of Joab the son of Zeruiah.

New Revised Standard
Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Zelek, the Ammonite, - Naharai, the Beerothite, armour bearers to Joab son of Zeruiah;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Selec of Ammoni, Naharai the Berothite, armourbearer of Joab the son of Sarvia,

Revised Standard Version
Zelek the Ammonite, Na'harai of Be-er'oth, the armor-bearer of Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Contextual Overview

⁸ These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time. ⁹ After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight, ¹⁰ He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines. ¹¹ After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines. ¹² But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation. ¹³ And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim. ¹⁴ And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem. ¹⁵ And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town! ¹⁶ And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord. ¹⁷ And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zelek: 1 Chronicles 11:39

Nahari: 1 Chronicles 11:37

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:2 - Joab

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Zelek the Ammonite,.... Who was so either by birth, and became a proselyte; so the Targum says, he was of the children of Ammon; or is so called, because he had sojourned some time in their land, or had done some exploits against them; unless he was of Chepharhaammonai, a city of the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:24;

Naharai the Beerothite; native of Beeroth, a city in the same tribe, Joshua 18:25;

armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; Joab had ten of them, this perhaps was the chief of them, 2 Samuel 18:15; who was advanced to be a captain, and therefore has a name and place among the thirty, very likely for some military, exploits performed by him; he is in the list of David's worthies, though not Joab his master, as before observed; the reason of Joab being left out is either because he was over them all, as before noted; according to Josephus t, Uriah the Hittite, after mentioned, was an armourbearer to Joab.

t Antiqu. l. 7. c. 7. sect. 1.