Discovery Box1 Chronicles 10:9 
Context10:9 They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.
1 Chronicles 11:11
Context11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: 1
Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. 2 He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. 3
1 Chronicles 11:20
Context11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three 4 elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear 5 and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 6
1 Chronicles 20:2
Context20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king 7 and wore it 8 (its weight was a talent 9 of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.
1 tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”
2 tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).
3 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”
4 tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).
5 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”
6 tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”
7 tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
8 tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”
