re: "David's mighty men" (2 sam 2:8-39) (cf. also 1 chr 11:10-47)
(1) eleazar
vv9-10 "... the israelites withdrew, [10] but he STOOD HIS GROUND. he struck down the philistines until his arm grew weary, through his hand clung to the sword. the LORD brought a great victory that day...."
(2) shammah
vv11-12 "... the army fled from the philistines. [12] but hhe TOOK HIS STAND in the middle of the plot, defended it, and killed the philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory."
(3) benaiah
vv20-21,23 "benaiah son of jehoiaka was a valiant warrior form kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of ariel of moab. he also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. [21] and he killed an egyptian, a handsome man. the egyptian had a spear in his hand; but beniah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear. [22] .... and david put him in charge of his bodyguard."
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