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I. AMONG THEIR KINGDOM COME! NUMBER WERE (The Book of Second ) #18: CERTAIN MEN NOTED “Band of Brothers” FOR SERVING WITH II Samuel 23:8‐39 BRAVERY II SAMUEL 23:8‐12

A. JOSHEB‐BASSHEBETH CAN YOU AND I SERVE THE TAHKEMONITE WITH BRAVERY B. ELEAZAR SON OF DODAI THE AHOHITE WHEREVER OUR C. SHAMMAH SON OF AGEE LORD HAS CALLED THE HARARITE US TO SERVE?

II. AMONG THEIR A. ???????? SON OF ?????? NUMBER WERE THE ???????ITE CERTAIN MEN NOTED B. ???????? SON OF ?????? FOR SERVING WITH THE ???????ITE C. ???????? SON OF ?????? LOYALTY THE ???????ITE II SAMUEL 23:13‐17

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III. AMONG THEIR CAN YOU AND I SERVE NUMBER WERE WITH LOYALTY CERTAIN MEN NOTED WHEREVER OUR FOR SERVING WITH LORD HAS CALLED US TO SERVE? HUMILITY II SAMUEL 23:18‐23

CAN YOU AND I SERVE A. ABISHAI THE BROTHER OF WITH HUMILITY JOAB SON OF ZERUIAH B. BENAIAH SON OF JEHOIADA WHEREVER OUR FROM KABZEEL LORD HAS CALLED US TO SERVE?

IV. AMONG THEIR THE QUESTION RAISED NUMBER WERE BY THE TEXT: CERTAIN MEN NOTED ‐V. 8a = “AMONG THE THIRTY WERE…”

FOR SERVING WITH ‐V,V. 8b‐39a = ONLY TWENTY NINE NAMES ARE LISTED

ANONYMITY ‐V. 39b = “THERE WERE THIRTY II SAMUEL 23:24‐39 SEVEN IN ALL.”

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FIRST OF TWO POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS: SECOND OF TWO POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS: 8 WHO ARE PROFILED (V,V. 8‐23) MATCHING THE 2 SAMUEL 23:8‐39 + 29 WHO ARE LISTED (V,V. 24‐39) LIST WITH THE CORRESPONDING LIST IN I CHRONICLES 11:10‐47 37 TOTAL MIGHTY MEN (V,V. 8‐39)

IN THE HEBREW , II KINGS CHAPTER 19 HAS 37 VERSES II KINGS CHAPTER 19 WHILE IS REPEATED IN CHAPTER 37 ISAIAH CHAPTER 37 HAS 38 VERSES

ANCIENT NEITHER DID ANCIENT NEW HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS HAD NO TESTAMENT GREEK MANUSCRIPTS PUNCTUATION MARKS… HAVE PUNCTUATION MARKS…

THEY WERE JUST LINE AFTER LINE THEY WERE JUST LINE AFTER LINE OF HEBREW WORDS… OF GREEK WORDS…

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OLD TESTAMENT CHAPTERS WERE WAS DIVIDED THEN DIVIDED INTO VERSES BY FIRST INTO CHAPTERS BY IN 1448 A.D. STEPHEN LANGTON AND CHAPTERS ABOUT 1228 A.D. WERE DIVIDED INTO VERSES BY ROBERT STEPHANUS IN 1551 A.D.

THE FOLLOWING LOST BOOKS ARE MENTIONED • THE BOOK OF NATHAN THE :29 II Chronicles 9:29 IN THE HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT: • THE BOOK OF THE SEER 1 Chronicles 29:29 • THE 1 Kings 14:2–18 • THE BOOK OF JASHER 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18 and :29 • THE BOOK OF THE WARS OF THE LORD Numbers 21:14 • THE BOOK OF 1 Kings 16:1–7 • THE BOOKS OF AND OF THE SEER and :34 2 Chronicles 9:29, 12:15, 13:22 • THE ACTS OF UZIAH Chronicles 26:22 • THE ACTS OF 1 Kings 11:41 • THE :19 • THE ANNALS OF KING 1 Chronicles 27:24 • THE CHRONICLES OF KING AHASUERUS 2:23, • THE BOOK OF SAMUEL THE SEER 1 Chronicles 29:29 6:1, 10:2, and Nehemiah 12:23

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‐Both “Josheb‐Basshebeth, a In this interpretation, “Tahkemonite” Tahkemonite” in I Samuel 23:8 in II Samuel 23:8 and “Hakmonite” in I Chronicles 11:11 are just spelling and “Jashobeam, a Hakmonite” variations on the same place name in I Chronicles 11:11 likely come from the same word in the original (Just as “Fort Loudoun Lake” is located Hebrew: “yaw‐shab” (to sit) in Loudon County, Tennessee)

SIXTEEN ADDITIONAL MIGHTY MEN LISTED IN I CHRONICLES 11 Zabad ben Ahlai Adina ben Shiza the Reubenite Hanan ben Maakah CAN YOU AND I SERVE Joshaphat the Mithnite Uzzia the Ashterathite WITH ANONYMITY Shama ben Hotham the Aroerite Jeiel ben Hotham the Aroerite Jedieael ben Shimri WHEREVER OUR Joha the Tizite Eliel the Mahavite Jeribai ben Elnaam LORD HAS CALLED Joshaviah ben Elnaam Ithma the Moabite Eliel (different from Eliel the Mahavite) US TO SERVE? Obed (different from ’s Grandfather) Jaasiel the Mezobaite

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