I have been remiss in not writing of this for some time and was reminded again today in those who were drawn to David before he was King of Israel, and in many ways, how those of you have been drawn to me in the wilderness in this time.
Most of these Mighty Men are forgotten to history, but they are a remarkable group in being 30 Captains and then 3 among them who were some of the most skilled warriors in human history in armed man to man combat, as David against Goliath.
The first named is Josheb-bassabeth AKA Adino the Eznite. This hero of Israel, went against 800 warriors, and it was reported he killed 300 of them himself, all with a spear.
The next of the three was Eleazar who stood with David when Israel fled from the Philistines. He delivered a great victory in killing the enemy until his hand literally had to be pried from his sword.
Shammah the Hararite was the third of the heroes. He stood upon his ground as all of the above did in a field of lentils, and slaughtered the Philistines until no more would come.
It was these three who when David exclaimed if he could only have a cool drink of water from the well of Bethlehmen, who broke through the Philistine lines, broke through the gate of Bethlehem and brought David a drink of water from that well.
Abishai, the nephew of David was chief of these 3 mighty men. He too on a piece of ground with a spear killed 300 men by his own hand, and had a name beside the 3 heroes.
Interestingly, of the mightiest men in Israel, David's family included himself and his two nephews by this sister, Joab being the one who was commander of the Army, and he obtained that position by being the one who conquerred Jerusalem from the Jebusites.
Abashai though was the most renowned warrior in all of Israel, and stood alone.
Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was a remarkable man in he slew two men who were lion like in countenance suffering from that genetic disease in Moab. He also killed a lion in a den on a snowy day.
He went into battle against an Egyptian, who was close to 15 feet tall and had a spear like a baseball bat in thickness.
Benaiah took a staff with him, wen to the Egyptian who was called a handsome man, and took the Egyptians spear from him, and with it killed the Egyptian.
He was set over David's guard, and equal in heroism to the Three. It was also Benaiah who King Solomon sent to kill Joab seeking refuge on the horns of the altar for the acts he committed in killed Abner and Amasa, the Generals of the Army of Israel and Judah.
That kill list should state how valiant this group was in they killed the best warriors on earth.
Asahel, another of David's nephew's brother to Joab was numbered among the 30 too.
Shamman and Elika of Harod, Helez, Ira, Abiezer, Mebunnai, Zalmon, Mahari, Heleb, Ittai, Benaiah, Hiddai, Abi-albon, Azmaveth, Eliahba, Ahiam, Eliphelet, Eliam, Hezro, Paarai, Igla, Bani, Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai armourbearer of Joab, Ira and Gareb the Ithrite and Uriah the Hittite, 37 numbered in all.
These are the Heroes who came to David at Ziklag when he was in hiding from King Saul who sought his life.
They were archers, who could use the sling in right or left hand.
Their cheif, Ahiezer. Joash his brother.
Jeziel and Pelet. Beracah and Jehu. Ishmaiah of the 30 and leader of them. Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad, Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah. Joelah and Zebadiah.
From Gad, Ezer the chief. Obadiah the second. Eliab, Mishmannah, Jeremiah, Attai, Eliel, Johannan, Elzabad, Jeremiah, Eliel, Machbannai, over hundreds and thousands.
Of Mannaseh, Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu an ZIllethai, chiefs of the thousands of the tribe.
It is the most remarkable of men, and the most dangerous of men, who decide to live and die upon the ground which they stand. The above were such men, who in remarkable endurance and cunning, survived not only on battlefields, but on pieces of ground in which they fought hundreds of other warriors to the death in killing them fairly.
Apologies have to be made, as it is one thing to fight in combat with sling, spear and sword, to fatigue and not being able to quit or one will be killed in hours long combat, and another thing to snipe at the enemy, drops bombs on the enemy or for that matter not ever face an enemy in hand to hand combat in the up close and personal of letting of blood in knowing the places to slash, to pierce and to counter to not become a casualty. To know the use of force and know how to not force it's use, to have it wasted upon bone breaking a blade when in times of combat that mistake will cost one their only possession worth having in their own life.
It is a remarkable thing to be a Hero in the real sense of placing one's life on the line for an entire nation, and doing it alone. That is what hero is, and not how it has been bastardized in this Age of Obama.
Most men and women can not fight. Most can be brutal for a short period of time. The few though who can fight, fight when fatigued, fight in reserving energy, fight in having eyes behind their back, and to efficiently kill, as it is the dead enemy that always reaches up and drives a blade into your groin to have you bleed out like a pig for the spit. That is Might Man, and few of them have ever existed.
The above though were the best in they founded a Kingdom for a God chosen King, and they did it without ever lusting for power to overthrow that King, exactly as the Founders of America were in the military, led by General George Washington.
These were the Mighty men, whose sons were George Custer to Sgt. York.
They should be revered yet as they came when the odds were against doing so, and yet with the heart God gave them, they founded the peoples into a real nation which one day birthed the peoples of the west in exile from their Promised Land.
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