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Shammah (son of Agee)

삼마 (아게의 아들)

Named at 2 Samuel 23:11: “Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite”. At 23:11–12, when the Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils and the people fled from the Philistines, he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory. This collection keeps him apart from Shammah the Hararite of 23:33 and does not decide whether they are the same man.

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2SA 23:11–12, engwebp
¹¹After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
¹²But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: “Thirty-seven in all” at 2 Samuel 23:39 and the names of 23:8–39

In 2 Samuel 23:8–23 the Korean Revised Version names five mighty men: Josheb Basshebeth, also called Adino (23:8), Eleazar the son of Dodai (23:9), Shammah the son of Agee (23:11), Abishai the brother of Joab (23:18) and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada (23:20). At 23:24–39 it names thirty-one men in a list that begins with Asahel the brother of Joab and ends with Uriah the Hittite (the fathers the list names, and Joab and Zeruiah, are not counted as its men), and closes with 이상 도합이 삼십 칠인이었더라, thirty-seven in all. The mighty men it names in 23:8–39 are thirty-six.
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- 2SA 23:8, engwebp
  ⁸These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time.
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- 2SA 23:9–10, engwebp
  ⁹After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
  ¹⁰He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and the LORD worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder.
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- 2SA 23:11–12, engwebp
  ¹¹After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
  ¹²But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
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- 2SA 23:18–19, engwebp
  ¹⁸Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
  ¹⁹Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
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- 2SA 23:20–23, engwebp
  ²⁰Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.
  ²¹He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
  ²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.
  ²³He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.
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- 2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
  ²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  ²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
  ²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  ²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
  ²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
  ²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
  ³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
  ³¹Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
  ³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
  ³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
  ³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
  ³⁵Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
  ³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
  ³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  ³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  ³⁹and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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WEB names the same five men in 23:8–23 and the same thirty-one in 23:24–39, and reads 23:32 as “Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,” adding the sons of Jashen, who are not named; it closes 23:39 with “thirty-seven in all.” The Korean Revised Version reads 23:32 as 사알본 사람 엘리아바와 야센의 아들 요나단과, Eliahba the Shaalbonite and Jonathan the son of Jashen.
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- 2SA 23:8, engwebp
  ⁸These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time.
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- 2SA 23:9–10, engwebp
  ⁹After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
  ¹⁰He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and the LORD worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder.
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- 2SA 23:11–12, engwebp
  ¹¹After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
  ¹²But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
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- 2SA 23:18–19, engwebp
  ¹⁸Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
  ¹⁹Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
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- 2SA 23:20–23, engwebp
  ²⁰Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.
  ²¹He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
  ²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.
  ²³He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.
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- 2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
  ²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  ²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
  ²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  ²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
  ²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
  ²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
  ³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
  ³¹Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
  ³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
  ³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
  ³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
  ³⁵Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
  ³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
  ³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  ³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  ³⁹and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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2 Samuel 23:11 names “Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite”, and 23:33 “Shammah the Hararite”. Each names a Shammah the Hararite, and neither says whether they are the same man.
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- 2SA 23:11–12, engwebp
  ¹¹After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
  ¹²But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
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- 2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
  ²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  ²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
  ²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  ²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
  ²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
  ²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
  ³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
  ³¹Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
  ³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
  ³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
  ³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
  ³⁵Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
  ³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
  ³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  ³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  ³⁹and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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Both editions give the total at 23:39 as thirty-seven (이상 도합이 삼십 칠인, “thirty-seven in all”). The mighty men the Korean Revised Version names in 23:8–39 are thirty-six; WEB names the same thirty-six and the sons of Jashen (23:32). 23:11 and 23:33 each name a Shammah the Hararite. This collection records the names and the total as each edition gives them, does not make the names fit the total, and does not decide whether the two Shammahs are one man.

Unresolved interpretation: David’s mighty men at 1 Chronicles 11:10–47 and 2 Samuel 23:8–39

1 Chronicles 11:11 names “Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time”; 11:12–14 name “Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men”, who was with David at Pasdammim, where there was a plot of ground full of barley, and say, “They stood in the middle of the plot, defended it, and killed the Philistines”. 11:26–47 give the names that open with “The mighty men of the armies also include Asahel the brother of Joab”, among them “Sibbecai the Hushathite” (11:29), and give no total.
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AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1CH 11:10–14, engwebp
  ¹⁰Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the LORD’s word concerning Israel.
  ¹¹This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.
  ¹²After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
  ¹³He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
  ¹⁴They stood in the middle of the plot, defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory.
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- 1CH 11:26–47, engwebp
  ²⁶The mighty men of the armies also include Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  ²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
  ²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
  ²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
  ³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
  ³¹Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
  ³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
  ³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
  ³⁴the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,
  ³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
  ³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
  ³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
  ³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
  ³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite (the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),
  ⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  ⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
  ⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite (a chief of the Reubenites), and thirty with him,
  ⁴³Hanan the son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,
  ⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
  ⁴⁵Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
  ⁴⁶Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
  ⁴⁷Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
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2 Samuel 23:8 names “Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time”; 23:9–10 name “Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David”, who arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary. 23:11–12 say that Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite, stood in the middle of a plot of ground full of lentils, defended it, and killed the Philistines; and 23:24–39 give the names that open with “Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty”, among them “Mebunnai the Hushathite” (23:27).
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- 2SA 23:8, engwebp
  ⁸These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time.
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- 2SA 23:9–10, engwebp
  ⁹After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
  ¹⁰He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and the LORD worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder.
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- 2SA 23:11–12, engwebp
  ¹¹After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
  ¹²But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
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- 2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
  ²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  ²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
  ²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  ²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
  ²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
  ²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
  ³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
  ³¹Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
  ³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
  ³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
  ³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
  ³⁵Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
  ³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
  ³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  ³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  ³⁹and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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1 Chronicles 27:2–15 names the captain of each month’s division: for the first month “Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel”; for the second “Dodai the Ahohite”; for the third “Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest”, of whom 27:6 says, “This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty”; for the fourth “Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him”; and from the fifth month to the twelfth “Shamhuth the Izrahite”, “Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite”, “Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim”, “Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites”, “Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites”, “Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites”, “Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim” and “Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel”.
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- 1CH 27:1–15, engwebp
  ¹Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand.
  ²Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ³He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
  ⁴Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite and his division, and Mikloth the ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ⁵The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ⁶This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. Of his division was Ammizabad his son.
  ⁷The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ⁸The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
  ¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
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1 Chronicles 11:11 calls Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty, who killed three hundred at one time; 2 Samuel 23:8 calls Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, who killed eight hundred at one time. 1 Chronicles 11:12–14 say that Eleazar the son of Dodo was with David at Pasdammim, and that “They stood in the middle of the plot” full of barley and killed the Philistines; 2 Samuel 23:9–10 say that Eleazar the son of Dodai, one of the three mighty men with David, struck the Philistines, and 23:11–12 that Shammah the son of Agee stood in the middle of a plot full of lentils and killed the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 11 does not name Shammah the son of Agee. 1 Chronicles 11:29 names Sibbecai the Hushathite and 2 Samuel 23:27 Mebunnai the Hushathite, and there are more places where the two lists have another name or a name spelled otherwise (the notes of the list of names of 1 Chronicles 11:26–47). 1 Chronicles 11:26–47 gives no total. This collection records each passage as it gives it and links only the same names; where it does not, the notes of the list say why. Jashobeam and Josheb Basshebeth have other names in both editions, and Eleazar the son of Dodo and Eleazar the son of Dodai have fathers named otherwise in both editions; they are kept apart. The text does not say whether they are the same men, and the collection does not decide.

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Evidence: 2 Samuel 23:11–12
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Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 23:11: “Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite”. At 23:11–12, when the Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils and the people fled from the Philistines, he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory. This collection keeps him apart from Shammah the Hararite of 23:33 and does not decide whether they are the same man.
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