2 Samuel 23:25

New Living Translation

Shammah from Harod; Elika from Harod;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shammah the Harodite,

Hebrew Names Version
Shammah the Harodi, Elika the Harodi,

King James Version
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

English Standard Version
Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod,

New Century Version
Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;

New English Translation
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Amplified Bible
Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod,

New American Standard Bible
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Shammah the Harodite: Elika ye Harodite:

Legacy Standard Bible
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Complete Jewish Bible
Shammah the Harodi, Elika the Harodi,

Darby Translation
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Easy-to-Read Version
Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;

George Lamsa Translation
Also Shammah of the kings mountain,

Lexham English Bible
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Literal Translation
Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Samma the Haradite, Elika the Haradite,

American Standard Version
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Bible in Basic English
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Samma the Harodite, Elica the Harodite,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite;

King James Version (1611)
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Saema the Rudaean.

English Revised Version
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite;

Berean Standard Bible
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Elcha, of Arodi; Helas, of Phelti;

Young's Literal Translation
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Update Bible Version
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Webster's Bible Translation
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

World English Bible
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

New King James Version
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

New Life Bible
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

New Revised Standard
Shammah of Harod; Elika of Harod;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shammah, the Harodite; Elika, the Harodite;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Semma of Harodi, Elica of Harodi,

Revised Standard Version
Shammah of Harod, Eli'ka of Harod,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

Contextual Overview

⁸ These are the names of David's mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the three mightiest warriors among David's men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle. ⁹ Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah. Once Eleazar and David stood together against the Philistines when the entire Israelite army had fled. ¹⁰ He killed Philistines until his hand was too tired to lift his sword, and the Lord gave him a great victory that day. The rest of the army did not return until it was time to collect the plunder! ¹¹ Next in rank was Shammah son of Agee from Harar. One time the Philistines gathered at Lehi and attacked the Israelites in a field full of lentils. The Israelite army fled, ¹² but Shammah held his ground in the middle of the field and beat back the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory. ¹³ Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David's fighting men) went down to meet him there. ¹⁴ David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem. ¹⁵ David remarked longingly to his men, "Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem." ¹⁶ So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the Lord . ¹⁷ "The Lord forbid that I should drink this!" he exclaimed. "This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked their lives to bring it to me." So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shammah: 1 Chronicles 11:27, 1 Chronicles 11:28, Shammoth the Harorite

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 27:8 - Shamhuth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shammah the Harodite,.... Called Shammah the Harorite in

1 Chronicles 11:27; by a change of the letters ר "R" and ד "D", which is frequent:

Elika the Harodite; or who was of Harod, as the Targum; these both were from one place: mention is made of the well of Harod, Judges 7:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 23:25. Shammah the Harodite — There are several varieties in the names of the following shalishim; which may be seen by comparing these verses with 1 Chronicles 11:27.