KJV King James Version
Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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1 Chronicles 11:26
Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
WEB World English Bible
Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
ASV American Standard Version
Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the mighty ones of the forces are Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem,
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 11
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand [was] a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24 These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
26 Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְגִבּוֹרֵ֖יH1368 · gib.bormighty manהַחֲיָלִ֑יםH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersעֲשָׂה־H6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelאֵל֙H6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelאֲחִ֣יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingיוֹאָ֔בH3097 · yo.avJoabאֶלְחָנָ֥ןH445 · el.cha.nanElhananבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childדּוֹד֖וֹH1734 · do.doDodoמִבֵּ֥יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלָֽחֶם׃ סH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehem
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 27:7The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.2 Samuel 3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.2 Samuel 2:18-23And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe.2 Samuel 21:19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver’s beam.2 Samuel 23:24Asahel the brother of Joab [was] one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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