2-Samuel - 23:35



35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 23:35.

Differing Translations

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Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Hesrai of Carmel, Pharai of Arbi,
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,
Hezrai from Carmel, Paarai from Arbi,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Hezrai the Carmelite,.... Of Mount Carmel; or from Carmela, as the Targum, see 1-Samuel 25:2; he is called Hezro, 1-Chronicles 11:37,
Paarai the Arbite; or from Arab, as the Targum, a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:52; according to Hillerus (r), the same with "Naarai the son of Ezbai", in 1-Chronicles 11:37.
(r) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 499.

Hezro the Carmelite, i.e., of Carmel in the mountains of Judah (1-Samuel 25:2). Paarai the Arbite, i.e., of Arab, also in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:52). In the Chronicles we find Naarai ben-Ezbi: the latter is evidently an error in writing for ha-Arbi; but it is impossible to decide which of the two forms, Paarai and Naarai, is the correct one.

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