2 Samuel 23:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop, where there was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel's troops fled from them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And after{H310} him was Shammah{H8048} the son{H1121} of Agee{H89} a Hararite.{H2043} And the Philistines{H6430} were gathered together{H622} into a troop,{H2416} where was a plot{H2513} of ground{H7704} full{H4392} of lentils;{H5742} and the people{H5971} fled{H5127} from{H6440} the Philistines.{H6430}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And after{H310} him was Shammah{H8048} the son{H1121} of Agee{H89} the Hararite{H2043}. And the Philistines{H6430} were gathered together{H622}{(H8735)} into a troop{H2416}, where was a piece{H2513} of ground{H7704} full{H4392} of lentiles{H5742}: and the people{H5971} fled{H5127}{(H8804)} from{H6440} the Philistines{H6430}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    After him was Samma the sonne of Age ye Hararite. Wha the Philistynes had gathered themselues in a company, and in the same place there was a pece of lode full of small corne, and the people fled before the Philistynes,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    After him was Shammah the sonne of Age the Hararite: for the Philistims assembled at a towne, where was a piece of a fielde full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistims.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite: & the Philistines gathered together besyde a towne, where was a parcell of land full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And after him `is' Shammah son of Agee the Hararite, and the Philistines are gathered into a company, and there is there a portion of the field full of lentiles, and the people hath fled from the presence of the Philistines,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Next in command was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi, where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 23:33 : 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
  • 1 Chr 11:13-14 : 13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from the Philistines. 14 But they stationed themselves in the midst of that piece of ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
  • 1 Chr 11:27 : 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 23:12-13
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    83%

    12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and killed the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

    13 And three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Adullam while the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Chr 11:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from the Philistines.

    14 But they stationed themselves in the midst of that piece of ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

  • 2 Sam 23:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines gathered there to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away:

    10 He arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

  • 2 Sam 23:33
    72%

    33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

  • Judg 3:31
    71%

    31 And after him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

  • 1 Chr 11:27
    71%

    27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

  • 2 Sam 23:25
    71%

    25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

  • Judg 15:9
    70%

    9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

  • 1 Sam 17:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

    2 And Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped by the Valley of Elah, setting the battle in array against the Philistines.

    3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    69%

    52 The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20 David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

    21 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 14:21-23
    3 verses
    68%

    21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp, also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22 All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the mountains of Ephraim heard that the Philistines fled, and even they followed hard after them in the battle.

    23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle passed beyond Beth Aven.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    68%

    41 The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    68%

    13 And the Philistines once again spread themselves out in the valley.

  • 1 Chr 14:9
    68%

    9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 23:1-3
    3 verses
    67%

    1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.

    2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

    3 And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 17:13
    67%

    13 The three eldest sons of Jesse followed Saul to the battle, and the names of his three sons who went were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

  • 1 Sam 17:23-24
    2 verses
    67%

    23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

    24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were very afraid.

  • 1 Sam 13:17
    66%

    17 And the raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the road that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

  • 1 Sam 28:4
    66%

    4 The Philistines assembled and camped in Shunem, and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.

  • 2 Chr 28:18
    66%

    18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, Ajalon, and Gederoth, Shocho with its villages, Timnah with its villages, Gimzo also and its villages, and they dwelt there.

  • 1 Sam 16:9
    66%

    9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
    66%

    5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 13:23
    66%

    23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

  • 2 Sam 21:18-19
    2 verses
    66%

    18 After this, there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the descendants of the giant.

    19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan, the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam.

  • 1 Sam 4:12
    66%

    12 And a man of Benjamin ran from the army and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and dirt upon his head.

  • 1 Sam 14:31
    66%

    31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people were very faint.

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    66%

    16 And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What happened, my son?

  • 2 Sam 5:18
    66%

    18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 13:5
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    5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as numerous as the sand on the seashore; and they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Bethaven.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    65%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by a fountain in Jezreel.

  • 1 Sam 17:16
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    16 The Philistine drew near morning and evening and presented himself for forty days.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    65%

    11 When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 2 Sam 5:22
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    22 And the Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Chr 27:29
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    29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai;

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    1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.