King James Version
What Does 2 Samuel 23:33 Mean?
“Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,”
Context
31
Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(33) **Shammah the Hararite.**—“Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite” has already been mentioned in 2Samuel 23:11, and here Chronicles reads “Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite.” As *Shage *is identical with *Agee *with a letter prefixed, we should probably read “Jonathan the son of Shammah the Hararite.” Jonathan, one of “the thirty,” was thus the son of one of “the first three.”
**Sharar** is in Chronicles *Sacar, *and *Hararite *is spelt in the Hebrew here differently from the previous clause and from Chronicles.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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