(b) Of Gad: Ezer, Obadiah, Eliab, Mishmannah, Jeremiah, Attai, Eliel, Jonanan, Elzabad, Jere- miah, Maclibannai, 1 Ch 12'".
(c) Of Maiuisseh : Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, Zillethai, 1 Ch 12».
All of these recruits are mentioned as mighty men of valour. Those of Gad are said to have had faces hke the faces of lions, and to have been as swift as the roes upon the mountains (I Ch 128).
2. David's M
ighty Men.
2 S 238-39.
1 Ch liii-n.
8.
Josheb-basshebeth a Tah-
11.
Jashobeam s. a Hach-
chemonite.
monite.
9.
Eleazar s. Dodai 8. an Aho-
12.
Eleazar s. Dodo the Aho-
hite.
hite.
11.
Shammah s. Age« a
[Names wanting, or portions
Hararite.
of names omitted, are identi- cal with those in 2 SJ.
18.
Abishai brother of Joab.
20.
20.
Benaiah s. Jehoiada.
22.
24.
Asahel brother of Joab. Ehianan s. Dodo of Bethle- hem.
28.
25.
Sh.animah the Harodite.
27.
Shammoth the Harorite.
Elika the Harodite.
Wanting.
26.
ll..-lez the Paltite.
Pelonite.
Ira s. Ikkesh the Tekoite.
28.
?'
Abiezer the Anathothite.
MebunJiai the Hushathite.
29.
Sibbecal.
Si
Zalmon the Ahohite.
Ilai.
Jtaharai the Netophahite.
30.
•la.
Heleb s. Baanah the Neto- phahite.
Heled.
Ittai s. Kibai of Gibeah.
31.
Ithal.
30.
Benaiah a Pirathonite.
Hiddai of the brooks of
82.
HuraL
Gaash.
• Jehubbah (.I3n;)=and Hubbah (■i2ni).
t Helem (obn) clearly = Hotliam (o^in); Jether (Tn^= Ithran (|Tn:); and UUa (K^JJ) probably is a corruption of one of the previous names, perhaps Shual (7V\v) (7) or Beera (k*ix3) (7).
X Under XIII. have been group'id, for the sake of reference, oertAin lists of namea found chiefly' iu 1 and 2 Ch.
o s 239-39.
81. Abi-alhon the Arbathite. Azmavcth the Barhumit©.
82. Elialiba the Stiaalbonite. Sa. J;ishun, Jonathan.
83. Sbanuuah the Hararite.
Ahiam 8. Sharar the Ararite.
1 Oh liu-ff.
Abiel.
84. Ss. Hashem the Oiroalte. Jonathan 8. Shaffe th|
Hararite. •. Sueur.
34
36.
Eliphal 8. Ur. 86. Ht'iiher the Mecherathif Ahijali the Pelonite.
87.
Naarai s. EzbaL 83. Joel the brothcrofNathuL
Mibhar s. HagrL
Eliphclct s. Ahasbai b. the
Mruicathite. Eltain 8. Ahithophel the
Gilonite.
86. Hczro the Carrnelite. Paarai the Arbite.
36. I^al 8. Nathan of Zobah. liuiii the Gaditc.
87. Zclek tlie Ainmunite. Nalmrai the Bcerothite.
SS. Ira the Ithrite. 40.
Oareb the Ithrite. 89. Uriah the Hittite. 41.
Zabad 8. Ahlai. Adina s. Shiza the Ben benite. 48. Ilaiian 8. Maocah.
Jehoshaphat the Mithnite. 44. Uz/ia the Aahterathite. Shamaand) ss. Hothara Jeiel j theAroerite.
46. Jediael s. ShimrL Johahishrothor.theTizite.
48. Elicl the Mahavite, JeribaJ andJoshaviahss. EInaam. Ithniah the Moabilt.
47. Eliel, Obc'd, and Jaojsiel the
Mezobaite.
The first twelve mighty men, as recorded in 1 Ch 11, appear again also in 1 Ch ST^-i^ as captains, each in course, month by month, commanding a monthly levy of 24,000 soldiers, bei,'in- ning in the first month with Jashobeam, who is called s. Zabdiel, and reckoned as belonging to ss. Perez (IV. 1). The capUiin of the second month is Dodai, ' Eleazar s." evidently ha\ ing fallen from the text. With him is mentioned Mikloth as ruler. With Benaiah was associated Ammizabad his son ; with Asahel, Zebadiah his son. Shammoth appears as Shamliuth and an Izrahite. Helez is called of Ephraim ; Sibbecai, of the Zerah- lies (IV. 1); also Maharai ; Benaiah, the eleventh captain, a Pirathonite of Ephraim ; Heled appears as Heldai (1 Ch 27**), andof Othniel(I\^ 46).
The names Zabad to Asiel (1 Ch ll'»ib-47) do not appear in 2 S, and were evidently derived from another source. A coniparifon of the two lists sliows that the names vary in several instances, but it is frequently impossible to determine which form is original, or whether both may not be corrupt. The following observations are confined mainly to the variations which appear in 1 Ch, since the names of the list of 2 S are treated elsewhere (see arts.).
Notes on w.U-47: 11, Jashobeam (a. Zabdiel, iCh 27^(c;'37;) waa originally Jishbaal (Si'3y") or Ishbaal (^y^y'N) (Ki. el aL), The reference in Hachmonite is not known. 12. Dodai (nn) of 2 S is to be preferred to Dodo ("nil), of. 1 Ch 27'*. Ahohite may be a patronymic of the family or clan Ahoah of Benjamin (VIII. 2«). 27. For Shammoth (ni^-»i') Ki. reads Shamhuth (nin.rB'), after LXX and 1 Ch 27^. Harodite C"i^n) is preft-rable to Harorite ('T'^H). and the reference may be to Harod (Jg 7i), (see Harod). In 1 Ch 27»he is called an Izrahite Cnnr), but the true reading prob. is Zarhite Crni), i.e. of ss. Zerah (IV. IX Instead of Pelonite ('ii'??) read Paltite (^p*??) (2 S) (Ges. Lfx.W Buhl, Ki.), and the reference then, ace. to Driver {Text of Sam. p. 283), is to Buth-pelet in S. Judah (Jos 15^) ; but ace. to 1 Ch 2710 Helez belonged to Ephraim. 28. Sibbecai is generally acknowledged to be the true reading. 29. Ki. combines, on the support of LXX, the readings of 2 S and 1 Ch, and obtains Aliman (l?'^i:.). 30. 31. Heled or Heldai (1 Ch 27^5) is probably correct, and Ithai is equally as defensible as Ittai of 2 S. 32. Ki. emends Hurai to Hiddai, but Budde {Crit. Text, 1 and 2 S) in 2 S emends Hiddai to Hurai. Abiel is probably correct. 33. For Baharumite Cpnn;) read Bahurimite ('?1in?), i.e. of Bahurim (wh. see). 34. The corresponding text of 2 S is clearly defective. Probably we should read Jashen the Gunite, Jona- than 8. Shammah the Hararite (Ki. Driver, Budde). On Gunile see ,XI. 1. The reference in Hararite is not known. 33f. Sharar and Eliphelet (2 S) are probalily correct (Ki.). Ur and Hepher probably have arisen from the name of the f. EUphelet. Ahas- bai (2 S) is suspicious (Driv.). For Mecherathite Cnnrc) read Maacathite (Tip;;"), and follow 2 S (v.34b) for 36b. 37. Which ol the two readings is to be preferred cannot be determined. 38. The choice here seems to be in favour of 2 S. Joel, how- ever, might stand. Mibhar (in:";) has arisen apparently from ' of Zobah ' (n^i?). 44. Ashterathite = from Ashteroth. a city ol Bashan, cf. 1 Ch 6^1. 46. Mahavite (□"in.p) is suspicious. Be reads Mahanaimite, i.e. of Mahanaim ('?:jn:;) (Ges. Lex^^ Buhl) 47. A corruption also underlies Mezobaite (n;^;:^).