Bible Person
Meaning: the shadow or noise of him that licks or laps · Male · 2 cross references
Zelek is an Ammonite warrior counted among David's mighty men. He belongs to the elite company whose loyalty and skill helped secure David's reign. First appears in 2 Sam 23:37.1
AI summary: Zelek matters because his cross references place a foreign-born fighter within David's honored inner circle, showing the reach and diversity of the king's warrior network. His inclusion suggests that loyalty to David could transcend ethnic boundaries. Taken together, the material presents Zelek as a valiant man whose place in the mighty men widens the social texture of David's kingdom.1
Central Figure
Zelek
Meaning: the shadow or noise of him that licks or laps
Cleft, an Ammonite; one of David’s valiant men (2 Sam.
Cleft, an Ammonite; one of David’s valiant men (2 Sam. 23:37). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.