And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
Jashobeam, an Hachmonite - or son of Hachmoni. He is called also son of Zabdiel (1 Chronicles 27:2), so that he was the grandson of Hachmoni (cf. 1 Chronicles 27:32).
Lifted up his spear against three hundred, slain by him at one time х huw' (H1931) `owreer (H5782) 'et (H853) chªniytow (H2595); Septuagint, houtos espasato teen romfaian autou]. This is more intelligible than the text in the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 23:8: cf. Gesenius, sub voce х `aadiyn (H5722)]. The feat is said, 2 Samuel 23:8, to have been a slaughter of 800 in one day. Some endeavour to reconcile the statements in that passage and in this, by supposing that he killed 800 on one occasion, and 300 on another; while others conjecture that he attacked a body of 800, and having slain 300 of them, the rest fled.