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the mighty men. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14. This rehearsal comes at the end of David's reign, immediately before the setting up of the kingdom under
Solomon. Even so will it be, at the time of the end, with the true David.
The Tachmonite that sat in the seat. Authorized Version margin and Revised Version text = "Josheb-bassebet the Tachmonite". Really = Ish-bosheth, put for Ish-baal = " man of Baal, son of a Hachmonite "(compare 1Ch_11:11), altered later to Adino. Compare St. Peter's exploit (Act 2), and Stephen's (2Sa_6:7).