Jashobeam

AI summary: Jashobeam matters because the cross references place him both among David's most celebrated fighters and within the structured military order of the kingdom. His remembered heroism and later command show how personal battlefield valor becomes institutional strength under David. Taken together, the material presents Jashobeam as a premier warrior whose service helps define both the glory and the organization of David's reign.¹

Dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite (1 Chr. 11:11), one of David’s chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to fetch water to David from the well of Bethlehem (2 Sam. 23:13-17). He is also called Adino the Eznite (8). ³