2 Samuel 23:37

The NET Bible®

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer 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;

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,

Bible in Basic English
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, 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 warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. ⁹ Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, ¹⁰ he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses. ¹¹ Next in command was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi, where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines. ¹² But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory. ¹³ At the time of the harvest three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim. ¹⁴ David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. ¹⁵ David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!" ¹⁶ So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord ¹⁷ and said, "O Lord , I will not do this! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going." So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.

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.