1 Chronicles 11:13
in 1 Chronicles 11He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
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ASV
He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
KJV
He was with David at Pas–dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare this passage with 2Sa 23:9-10. Barley - In 2Sa 23:11, “lentiles.” The words for barley and lentils are so similar in the Hebrew that we may fairly explain the diversity by an accidental corruption.
This site's exposition
against three hundred men
on 1 Chronicles 11:11-14
Jashobeam heads the roll with three hundred men killed, against eight hundred at 2 Samuel 23:8, a variant the older commentators treat as textual. Eleazar's stand at Pas-dammim answers to 2 Samuel 23:9 to 10. Verse 14 gives the verdict: the LORD brought about a great victory.
This site's exposition
He was with David at
Pas-dammim is the Ephes-dammim of 1 Samuel 17:1, where the Philistines camped before David met Goliath. The field grows lentils in 2 Samuel 23:11 and barley here. Barnes explains the difference by the close likeness of the two Hebrew words.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the L ORD ; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the L ORD by Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Jashobeam, an Hachmonite--or, "son of Hachmoni." He is called also son of Zabdiel (1Ch 27:2), so that, strictly speaking, he was the grandson of Hachmoni (compare 1Ch 27:32). lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time--The feat is said (2Sa 23:8) to have been a slaughter of eight hundred in one day.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
He was with David at Pas-dammim--It was at the time when he was a fugitive in the wilderness, and, parched with thirst under the burning heat of noonday, he wistfully thought of the cool fountain of his native village [2Sa 23:15;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
he was among the three mighty men He was included in the three mighty men; he was one of them. And these three were mightier than the rest of the thirty three mentioned nearby.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֽוּא־ | hu'- | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הָיָ֨ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| דָּוִ֜יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| בַּפַּ֣ס | bapas | at <the> Pas | H6450 → | |
| דַּמִּ֗ים | damim | Dammim | H6450 → | |
| וְהַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ | vehapelishtim | and the Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| נֶאֱסְפוּ־ | neesfu- | they were gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| שָׁ֣ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וַתְּהִ֛י | vatehi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| חֶלְקַ֥ת | chelkat | [the] portion of | H2513 → | |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| מְלֵאָ֣ה | meleah | full | H4392 → | 64 times |
| שְׂעוֹרִ֑ים | seorim | barley<s> | H8184 → | |
| וְהָעָ֥ם | vehaam | and the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| נָ֖סוּ | nasu | they fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipenei | from before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ | felishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
הֽוּא־he
hu'-H1931 →1879 times
הָיָ֨הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
דָּוִ֜ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
בַּפַּ֣סat <the> Pas
bapasH6450 →
דַּמִּ֗יםDammim
damimH6450 →
וְהַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙and the Philistines
vehapelishtimH6430 →287 times
נֶאֱסְפוּ־they were gathered
neesfu-H622 →200 times
שָׁ֣םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
וַתְּהִ֛יand it was
vatehiH1961 →3559 times
חֶלְקַ֥ת[the] portion of
chelkatH2513 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
מְלֵאָ֣הfull
meleahH4392 →64 times
שְׂעוֹרִ֑יםbarley<s>
seorimH8184 →
וְהָעָ֥םand the people
vehaamH5971 →1873 times
נָ֖סוּthey fled
nasuH5127 →159 times
מִפְּנֵ֥יfrom before
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃[the] Philistines
felishtimH6430 →287 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- 2 Chronicles 28:18
The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
- 1 Samuel 13:5
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…
- Judges 3:3
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Joshua 10:10–11
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and…
- Joshua 15:35
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Samuel 17:1; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 23:11; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.