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Myles Coverdale Bible

2 Samuel 23:33

Samma the Hararite,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahiam;   Armies;   Sacar;   Shammah;   Sharar;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shammah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahiam;   Giants;   Sachar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahiam;   Gizonite, Hashem the;   Hararite;   Jonathan;   Sacar;   Shage;   Shammah;   Sharar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahiam;   Harar;   Jonathan;   Mighty Men;   Sacar;   Samuel, Books of;   Shage(e);   Shamma;   Shammah;   Zabad;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ararite;   Giant;   Hararite;   Ithrite, the;   Sacar;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahiam ;   Army;   Hararite ;   Sacar ;   Shammah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahi'am,;   Ha'rarite;   Sham'mah;   Sha'rar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Agee;   Ahiam;   Hararite;   Sacar;   Shammah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ahiam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hararite;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shammah the Hararite,
Hebrew Names Version
Shammah the Harari, Achi'am the son of Sharar the Ararite,
King James Version
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
English Standard Version
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
New Century Version
son of Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite;
New English Translation
son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
Amplified Bible
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
New American Standard Bible
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Shammah the Hararite: Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hamrite:
Legacy Standard Bible
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
Complete Jewish Bible
Shammah the Harari, Achi'am the son of Sharar the Arari,
Darby Translation
Shammah the Ararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
Easy-to-Read Version
the son of Shammah from Harar; Ahiam son of Sharar from Harar;
George Lamsa Translation
Shammah of the mount of Olives, Ahiam the son of Ashdad of Edri,
Lexham English Bible
the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
Literal Translation
Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam the son of Sharar, the Hararite;
American Standard Version
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
Bible in Basic English
Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Samma the Hararite, Ahiam ye sonne of Sarar an Hararite:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;
King James Version (1611)
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hararite,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.
English Revised Version
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;
Berean Standard Bible
son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hayam, sone of Sarai, of Zaroth;
Young's Literal Translation
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
Update Bible Version
the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
Webster's Bible Translation
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
World English Bible
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
New King James Version
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
New Living Translation
son of Shagee from Harar; Ahiam son of Sharar from Harar;
New Life Bible
There was Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
New Revised Standard
son of Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shammah, the Hararite, Ahiam, son of Sharar, the Ararite;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Semma of Orori, Aliam the son of Sarar the Arorite,
Revised Standard Version
Shammah the Har'arite, Ahi'am the son of Sharar the Har'arite,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

Contextual Overview

8 These are the names of Dauids Worthies: Iasabeam ye sonne of Hachmoni, the chefest amonge thre, which lifte vp his speare, & slewe eight hundreth at one tyme. 9 After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi amonge the thre Worthies with Dauid, whan they spake despytefully to the Philistynes, and were gathered together to the battayll, and the men of Israel wente vp. 10 Then stode he vp and smote the Philistynes, tyll his hande was so weery that it crompled with the swerde. And the LORDE gaue a greate victory at the same tyme, so that the people turned after him to spoyle. 11 After him was Samma the sonne of Age ye Hararite. Wha the Philistynes had gathered themselues in a company, and in the same place there was a pece of lode full of small corne, and the people fled before the Philistynes, 12 the stode he in the myddes of ye pece of londe, & delyuered it, & smote ye Philistynes. And God gaue a greate victory. 13 And these thre pryncipall amonge thirtie, came downe in the haruest vnto Dauid, into the caue of Adullam, & the hoost of ye Philistynes laye in ye valley of Rephaim. 14 But Dauid was at the same tyme in the castell, and ye Philistynes people laye at Bethleem. 15 And Dauid was desyrous, and sayde: Wolde God yt some man wolde fetch me a drynke of water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate. 16 The brake the thre Worthies into the hoost of the Philistynes, and drue of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder ye gate, & caried it & broughte it vnto Dauid: neuertheles he wolde not drynke it, but offred it vnto the LORDE, 17 & sayde: The LORDE let this be farre fro me, that I shulde do it. Is it not the bloude of the men that ioperded their lyues, and wente thither? And he wolde not drynke it. This dyd the thre Worthies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shammah: 1 Chronicles 11:27

Sharar: 1 Chronicles 11:35, Sacar

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 11:34 - Hashem

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shammah the Hararite,.... From the mountainous country, as the Targum; the Arabic and Syriac versions say, from the mount of Olives:

Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite: from the high mountain, as the Targum; in 1 Chronicles 11:35, he is called the son of Sacar.


 
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