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11 Next in command was Agee’s son Shammah, who was from Harar. The Philistines had gathered at Lehi, where there was a plot of land full of lentils. The troops fled from the Philistines, 12 but Shammah took a position in the middle of the plot, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. The Lord accomplished a great victory.

13 At harvesttime, three of the thirty chiefs went down and joined David at the fortress[a] of Adullam, while a force of Philistines were camped in the Rephaim Valley.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:13 Or cave; cf 2 Sam 23:14

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