Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 11:13

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13. He was with David at Pas-dammim —It was at the time when he was a fugitive in the wilderness, and, parched with thirst under the burning heat of noonday, he wistfully thought of the cool fountain of his native village [ 2 Samuel 23:15 ; 1 Chronicles 11:17 ]. This is a notice of the achievement, to which Eleazar owed his fame, but the details are found only in 1 Chronicles 11:17- : , where it is further said that he was aided by the valor of Shammah, a fact corroborated in the passage before us ( 1 Chronicles 11:17- : ), where it is recorded of the heroes, that "they set themselves in the midst of that parcel." As the singular number is used in speaking of Shammah ( 1 Chronicles 11:17- : ), the true view seems to be that when Eleazar had given up from exhaustion, Shammah succeeded, and by his fresh and extraordinary prowess preserved the field. barley —or lentils ( 1 Chronicles 11:17- : ). Ephes-dammim was situated between Shocoh and Azekah, in the west of the Judahite territory. These feats were performed when David acted as Saul's general against the Philistines. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

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