Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadMcClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chief Of Three
Subjects in this Topic:
( øàùׁ äִùָׁìַùַׁé , rosh hash-shalishi´, or rather ùָׁìַùַׁéí , shalishim´, the third-men), a title of Adino (q.v.) the Eznite, one of David's greatest braves (2Sa_23:8; Sept. ðñῶôïò ôῶí ôñéῶí ; Vulg.princeps inter trees; A. V. "chief among the captains"), otherwise called Jashobeam (1Ch_11:11, where the text again corruptly has ùָׁìåֹùַׁéí ; shaloshim'; Sept. ðñùôüôïêïò ôῶí ôñéÜêïíôá ; Vulg.princepsrinter trigthta; A.V. "chief of the captains"), and also of Abishai (2Sa_23:18, ùְׁìùַׁé , ôñéῶí , de tribus, "among three"), and Amasa (1Ch_12:18,
ùָׁìåֹùַׁéí , ôñéÜêïíôá , inter triginta, "of the captains"). In all these passages it designates the superior officer or commander of the tristate, essarii, or warriors who fought three in a chariot, and formed the phalanx nearest the king's person (Lydius, Slyntagm. de re militali (lib. 2, 100:3, p. 39). He is also briefly called äִùָׁìַéùׁ , has-Shalish´ (lit. the ternary) = id- de-camp, or general executive officer (2Ki_7:2; 2Ki_7:17; 2Ki_7:19; 2Ki_9:25; 2Ki_15:25), like the Roman "master of horse." SEE CAPTAIN.