2 Samuel 23:35

Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Hezrai	חֶצְרַי֙ chetz.ro	H2695	Chetsro · proper noun, a man's name
Carmelite	הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י ha.kar.me.Li	H3761	a Karmelite or inhabitant of Karmel (the town) · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Paarai	פַּעֲרַ֖י pa.'a.Rai	H6474	Paarai · proper noun, a man's name
Arbite	הָאַרְבִּֽי ha.'ar.Bi	H701	an Arbite or native of Arab · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute

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

1 Chronicles 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
Joshua 15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

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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 23:35

Hezrai the Carmelite,.... Of Mount Carmel; or from Carmela, as the Targum, see 1 Samuel 25:2; he is called Hezro, 1 Chronicles 11:37, Paarai the Arbite; or from Arab, as the Targum, a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:52; according to Hillerus (r), the same with "Naarai the son of Ezbai", in 1 Chronicles 11:37. (r) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 499.

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

Arbite — a native of Arab. Paarai the Arbite was one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35)
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…
Hezrai — (enclosed), one of the thirty heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35) (B.C. 1046.) In the parallel list, (1 Chronicles 11:37) the name appears as HEZRO.
Naarai — Youthful, a military chief in David’s army (1 Chr. 11:37), called also Paarai (2 Sam. 23:35).
Paarai — Opening of the Lord, “the Arbite,” one of David’s heroes (2 Sam. 23:35); called also Naarai, 1 Chr. 11:37.
Ezbai · Possibly i — Possibly i
Hezrai · A — A
Paarai · One of David’s valiant men — One of David’s valiant men

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).