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David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; Hebrew: הַגִּבֹּרִ֛ים, romanized: hagGībōrīm, lit. 'the Mighty') are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in 2 Samuel 23:8–38 , part of the "supplementary information" added to the Second Book of Samuel in ...
The list of David's warriors consists of several sections. [1] The first part is about 'the Three' (the term used in LXX and Vulgate ) with their names—Josheb-basshebeth, Eleazar and Shammah—and deeds (verses 8b–12, possibly until 17b). [ 1 ]
King David of Israel is mentioned as having thirty-seven particularly valiant warriors. These warriors are mentioned in 2 Samuel , 23. Pages in category "David's Mighty Warriors"
A Gadite and one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:36). A Levite, whose son was appointed to service at the tabernacle at David's rule (1 Chronicles 6:46). A Judahite whose son lived in Jerusalem after the exile (1 Chronicles 9:4). See Binnui; One who took a strange wife, along with his brothers being the son of Bani (Ezra 10:34,38).
The word gibborim is used in the Tanakh over 150 times and applied to men as well as lions (Proverbs 30:30), hunters (Genesis 10:9), soldiers (Jeremiah 51:30) and leaders (Daniel 11:3). The word is also applied to David's Mighty Warriors, a group of 37 men who fought with King David in 2 Samuel 23:8–38.
"David Entrusts a Letter to Uriah." In the Musée Condé, Chantilly.. David's mighty men were a group of his best 37 fighters (later expanded to around 80). Although the lists of his mighty men (2 Samuel 23:8–39 & 1 Chronicles 11:10–47) are given after David has become king, many of them may have been the loyal followers who stayed with him when he was fleeing King Saul.
He was the commander and "most honoured" of the second rank of David's officers, below the three "mighty men". [8] On one occasion, he withstood 300 men and slew them with his own spear. [9] Abishai slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened David's life. [10] In the Haggadah, this incident is elaborated with miraculous details. [11]
Another of David's mighty men, an Ephraimite from Pirathon, commander of the 11th rotational army division (1 Chr. 11:31, 1 Chr. 27:14, 2 Sam. 23:30) A Levite musician who played his stringed instrument while accompanying the Ark of the Covenant when it was brought to Jerusalem and placed in the tent David had prepared for it (1 Chr. 15:18, 20 ...