“B’nayah the son of Y’hoyada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtze’el, was a man of many exploits. He struck down two lion-hearted men of Mo’av. One day, when it was snowing, he went down into a pit and killed a lion.”-2 Samuel 23:20 So we encounter an interesting play on words in verse […]

“B’nayah the son of Y’hoyada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtze’el, was a man of many exploits. He struck down two lion-hearted men of Mo’av. One day when it was snowing, he went down into a pit and killed a lion.”– 2 Samuel 23:20 Alrighty, next up on the list is a man […]

“Avishai, the brother of Yo’av, the son of Tz’ruyah, was chief of these three. He raised his spear against 300 men and killed them; thus he had a reputation even among the three.”-2 Samuel 23:18 The second listing of warrior heroes kicks off from verse 18. The first name we’re given is Avishai. He was […]

“David had a craving and said, ‘I wish someone could give me water to drink from the well by the gate of Beit-Lechem!’  The three warrior-heroes broke through the army of the P’lishtim, drew water from the well by the gate of Beit-Lechem, took it and brought it to David. But he wouldn’t drink it. […]

“Yoshev-Bashevet the Tach’kmoni, chief of the three, also known as ‘Adino the ‘Etzni; he is the one who came against 800 men, whom he killed in a single encounter.“-2 Samuel 23:8 Alrighty, let’s begin our text analysis of the recorded events connected to the awesome warriors in David’s war cabinet. So the first sword-wielding dude […]