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2 Sam.23:8
“The … chief among the captains … he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.”
Let’s get some context in here.
“These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.”
Now that we have the identity clear, let’s look at the next verse.
1 Chr.11:11
“the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.”
Hmm, it seems they left out an ellipses at the beginning to denote an incompelte quotation. Let’s have some context.
“And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.”
Need I say more? In case you’re wondering, Samuel and Chronicles are not tales of the same thing – they go in chronological order. The Tachmonite was David’s captain at the time of 2 Samuel, and Jashobeam his captain at the time of 1 Chronicles.
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