David’s Captains
Name (1 Samuel) |
Name (1 Chronicles) |
Father | Town/Region/Country | Notes | |
1 | Adino | Eznite | 800 at once | ||
2 | Eleazar | x | Dodo | Ahohite | 1 of 3 with David |
3 | Shammah | Agee | Hararite | lentile field | |
4 | Abishai | x | Zeruiah | brother of Joab | |
5 | Benaiah | x | Jehoiada | Kabzeel | lion in snow |
6 | Asahel | x | brother of Joab | ||
7 | Elhanan | x | Dodo | Bethlehem | |
8 | Shammah | Harodite | |||
9 | Elika | Harodite | |||
10 | Helez | x | Paltite | ||
11 | Ira | x | Ikkesh | Tekoite | |
12 | Abiezer | x | Anethothite | ||
13 | Mebunnai | Hushathite | |||
14 | Zalmon | Ahohite | |||
15 | Maharai | x | Netophathite | ||
16 | Heleb | Heled | Baanah | Netophathite | |
17 | Ittai | Ithai | Ribai | Gibeah of Benjamin | |
18 | Benaiah | x | Pirathonite | ||
19 | Hiddai | Hurai | brooks of Gaash | ||
20 | Abialbon | Abiel | Arbathite | ||
21 | Azmaveth | x | Barhumite | ||
22 | Eliahba | x | Jashen | Shaalbonite | |
23 | Jonathan | x | (Shage) | (Hararite) | |
24 | Shammah | Shammoth | Hararite (Harorite) | -maybe #8? – | |
25 | Ahiam | x | Sharar | Hararite | |
26 | Eliphlet | Ahasbai | Maachathite | ||
27 | Eliam | Ahithophel | Gilonite | ||
28 | Hezrai | Hezro | Carmelite | ||
29 | Paarai | Arbite | |||
30 | Igal | Nathan | Zobah | ||
31 | Bani | Gadite | |||
32 | Zelek | x | Ammonite | ||
33 | Nahari | x | Beerothite (Berothite) | Joab’s armorbearer | |
34 | Ira | x | Ithrite | ||
35 | Gareb | x | Ithrite | ||
36 | Uriah | x | Hittite | ||
37 | DAVID | ||||
38 | Jashobeam | Hachmonite | chief of captains | ||
39 | Sibbecai | Hushathite | |||
40 | Ilai | Ahohite | |||
41 | sons of | Hashem | Gizonite | ||
42 | Eliphal | Ur | |||
43 | Hepher | Mecherathite | |||
44 | Ahijah | Pelonite | |||
45 | Naarai | Ezbai | |||
46 | Joel | brother of Nathan | |||
47 | Mibhar | Haggeri | |||
48 | Zabad | Ahlai | |||
49 | Adina | Shize | Reubenite | captain of 30 men | |
50 | Hanan | Maachah | |||
51 | Joshaphat | Mithnite | |||
52 | Uzzia | Ashterathite | |||
53 | Shama | Hothan | Aroerite | ||
54 | Jehiel | Hothan | Aroerite | ||
55 | Jediael | Shimri | Tizite | ||
56 | Joha | Shimri | Tizite | ||
57 | Eliel | Mahavite | |||
58 | Jeribai | Elnaam | |||
59 | Joshaviah | Elnaam | |||
60 | Ithmah | Moabite | |||
61 | Eliel | ||||
62 | Obed | ||||
63 | Jasiel | Mesobaite |
Meditation Points:
- 1 Samuel 22:2 tells us that these men represented the distressed, indebted, and discontented.
- All volunteers. Were they dissatisfied with Saul, or had they heard that David was God’s choice?
- Some fierce fighters (vss. 8-10, 11-12, 18, 20-21).
- Brave and dedicated men (vss. 15-17).
- Brothers (Joab’s brothers, sons of Hothan, sons of Shimri, sons of Elnaam).
- Brother and son of Nathan (the prophet?).
- Foreigners (Ammonite, Hittite, Moabite).
- Men with notable fathers; and men with unremembered fathers.
- Men from notable towns and regions; and men from places unknown.
- Men remembered by their deeds; and men remembered only as being part of the brave men who gathered around David.
- Men of remarkable actions who are not chosen to be top leaders.
- Joab is mentioned in the notes, but he is not listed among the captains.
- Uriah would later be killed to cover up David’s sin with Uriah’s wife Bathsheeba.
- Men whose names are spelled differently by different writers.
- But all of them men whom God remembers and whom God would have us remember.
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