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| HOW MANY MEN DID JASHOBEAM/ADINO KILL AT ONE TIME? |
| I Chronicles 11:11 And this is the number
of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of
the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him
at one time. (KJV)
II Samuel 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. (KJV)
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| Note: Adino the Eznite was another name
for Jashobeam, and both the NKJ and NIV versions of the Bible make this
clear.
First of all, anyone who has an image of Jashobeam thrusting a spear and having it pierce hundreds of bodies before coming to rest can dismiss that image now. Lifting up your spear against someone is a metaphor for going to war against them (see Joshua 8:18 and Nahum 3:3 for other examples). Jashobeam was a general, and the numbers of deaths in each passage refers to those killed by himself and those under his command. So we aren't talking about some Herculean feat here, but simple warrior success. That said, warriors rarely fight only one battle in their entire life. It's quite likely that two separate battles are being described here. Not a contradiction. |
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