2 Samuel 23:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These are the names of David’s special soldiers: Josheb Basshebeth the Tahkemonite was captain of the king’s special forces. He used his spear to kill 800 men at one time.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 27:2

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first group for the first month. There were 24,000 men in Jashobeam’s group.

1 Chronicles 27:32

Jonathan was a wise counselor and a scribe. He was David’s uncle. Jehiel son of Hacmoni took care of the king’s sons.

1 Kings 1:8

but several important men did not join Adonijah. They were Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David’s special guard.

1 Chronicles 11:10

This is a list of the leaders over David’s special soldiers. These heroes became very powerful with David in his kingdom. They and all the Israelites supported David and made him king, just as the Lord had promised.

Judges 15:15

Samson found a jawbone of a dead donkey and killed 1000 Philistine men with it.

2 Samuel 10:7

David heard about this, so he sent Joab and the whole army of powerful men.

1 Chronicles 27:1

This is the list of the Israelites who served the king in the army. Each group was on duty one month each year. There were rulers of families, captains, generals, and the court officers who served the king. Each army group had 24,000 men.