Shammah
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In the Bible, Shammah was the son of Agee, a Haratite, and one of King David
's three legendary "mighty men
".
His greatest deed was the defeat of a troop of Philistines. After the Israelite
s fled from the troop of Philistines, Shammah stood alone and defeated them himself.
He is referenced in only a few verses of the second book of Samuel
in the Hebrew Bible
23:11-12.
There are other people named Shammah in the Bible who are mentioned only in passing.
Shammah is best noted as David's Mighty Man who, single handedly, defeated an entire army of 300-800 men over a lentil
patch.
It is also possible Shammah is mentioned in Judges as Shamgar, who defeated 600 men of the Philistines with an ox goad. This may have been the same battle of the lentil field mentioned in The Book of Samual.
Jehovah
-Shammah - 'The Lord is Present' is one of the Hebrew names for God.
David
David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...
's three legendary "mighty men
King David's Warriors
David's Mighty Warriors are a group of biblical characters explicitly singled out by an appendix of the Books of Samuel. The text divides them into the "Three", of which there are three, and "Thirty", of which there are more than thirty...
".
His greatest deed was the defeat of a troop of Philistines. After the Israelite
Israelite
According to the Bible the Israelites were a Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East who inhabited the Land of Canaan during the monarchic period .The word "Israelite" derives from the Biblical Hebrew ישראל...
s fled from the troop of Philistines, Shammah stood alone and defeated them himself.
He is referenced in only a few verses of the second book of Samuel
Books of Samuel
The Books of Samuel in the Jewish bible are part of the Former Prophets, , a theological history of the Israelites affirming and explaining the Torah under the guidance of the prophets.Samuel begins by telling how the prophet Samuel is chosen by...
in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
23:11-12.
There are other people named Shammah in the Bible who are mentioned only in passing.
Shammah is best noted as David's Mighty Man who, single handedly, defeated an entire army of 300-800 men over a lentil
Lentil
The lentil is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds...
patch.
It is also possible Shammah is mentioned in Judges as Shamgar, who defeated 600 men of the Philistines with an ox goad. This may have been the same battle of the lentil field mentioned in The Book of Samual.
Jehovah
Jehovah
Jehovah is an anglicized representation of Hebrew , a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton , the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible....
-Shammah - 'The Lord is Present' is one of the Hebrew names for God.