2 Samuel 23:29

Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Heleb	חֵ֥לֶב Che.lev	H2460	Cheleb · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּֽן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Baanah	בַּעֲנָ֖ה ba.'a.Nah	H1196	Baanah · proper noun, a man's name
Netophathite	הַנְּטֹפָתִ֑י ha.ne.to.fa.Ti	H5200	a Netophathite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Ittai	אִתַּי֙ 'i.Tai	H863	Ittai or Ithai · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ribai	רִיבַ֔י ri.Vai	H7380	Ribai · proper noun, a man's name
Gibeah	מִגִּבְעַ֖ת mi.giv.'At	H1390	Gibah · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Benjamin	בִנְיָמִֽן vin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the…
1 Chronicles 11:30-31 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
1 Chronicles 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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Commentary

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 23:25

Shammah the Harodite - There are several varieties in the names of the following shalishim; which may be seen by comparing these verses with Ch1 11:27.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 23:29

Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite,.... Called Heled, 1 Chronicles 11:30, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin: sometimes called Gibeah of Benjamin, Judges 20:10, and Gibeah of Saul, 1 Samuel 11:4, being a city in the tribe of Benjamin, and the birth place of Saul king of Israel; and this man is distinguished hereby from Ittai the Gittite, 2 Samuel 15:19.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 23:8–end

The following list of David's heroes we also find in 1 Chron 11:10-47, and expanded at the end by sixteen names (Ch1 11:41-47), and attached in Ch1 11:10 to the account of the conquest of the fortress of Zion by the introduction of a special heading. According to this heading, the heroes named assisted David greatly in his kingdom, along with all Israel, to make him king, from which it is evident that the chronicler intended by this heading to justify his appending the list to the account of the election of David as king over all the tribes of Israel (Ch1 11:1), and of the conquest of Zion, which followed immediately afterwards. In every other respect the two lists agree with one another, ex…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 23:24

Asahel, David’s nephew, was killed by Abner during the war between David and Ishbosheth (2:18-32). Asahel’s inclusion here suggests that parts of these lists go back to the beginning of David’s career. • Elhanan son of Dodo should not be confused with Elhanan son of Jair (21:19; 1 Chr 20:5).

Rashi on 2 Samuel 23:23

Of the thirty. Of all thirty in this section. Yonoson translates: "mighty men".23This is how he translates the word שְׁלשִׁים.

Dictionary and topics

Baanah — Son of affliction. (1.) One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4:2), and were on this account slain by…
Giants — (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning “violent” or “causing to fall” (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying…
Gibeah — A hill or hill-town, “of Benjamin” (1 Sam. 13:15), better known as “Gibeah of Saul” (11:4; Isa. 10:29). It was here that the terrible outrage was committed on the Levite’s concubine which led to the…
Heldai — Wordly. (1.) 1 Chr. 27:15; called also Heleb (2 Sam. 23:29); one of David’s captains. (2.) Zech. 6:10, one who returned from Babylon.
Heleb — Fatness, one of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:29).
Heled — This world, (1 Chr. 11:30); called Heleb (2 Sam. 23:29).
Ittai — Near; timely; or, with the Lord. (1.) A Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29). (2.) A native of Gath, a Philistine, who had apparently the command of the six hundred heroes who…
Ribai, Or Ribai — (pleader with Jehovah), the father of Ittai the Benjamite, of Gibeah. (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31) (B.C. before 1020.)
Baanah · 2. Father of Heleb — 2. Father of Heleb
Heldai · .And HELEB — .And HELEB
Ithai · One of David’s valiant men — One of David’s valiant men
Ribai · Father of Ittai — Father of Ittai

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).