Accueil Personnages Esbai Esbai is known from the Bible as the father of Naarai (also called Paarai), one of King David's thirty mighty warriors. He is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:37 in the list of David's brave men. Little else is known about his life beyond his connection to his son who served in David's elite force.
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Événements clés Esbai is mentioned as the father of Naarai, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, in the Chronicles' list of David's brave men.
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai, héb חֶצְרוֹ֙ הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י נַעֲרַ֖י בֶּן־אֶזְבָּֽי׃ ס
In the parallel list in 2 Samuel 23:35, the son is called Paarai from Arbi, providing further context about the family's origin.
35 Hezro the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite; héb *חצרו **חֶצְרַי֙ הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י פַּעֲרַ֖י הָאַרְבִּֽי׃ ס
The list of David's mighty men in 1 Chronicles 11 describes the brave men who supported David during his reign, including Esbai's son Naarai.
10 These are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who together with all Israel gave his kingship strong support to make him king, as the LORD had promised concerning Israel. héb וְאֵ֨לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֤י הַגִּבּוֹרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְדָוִ֔יד הַמִּתְחַזְּקִ֨ים עִמּ֧וֹ בְמַלְכוּת֛וֹ עִם־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַמְלִיכ֑וֹ כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס
11 This is the list of David's mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni, chief of the officers. He wielded his spear against three hundred men, killing them in a single encounter. héb וְאֵ֛לֶּה מִסְפַּ֥ר הַגִּבֹּרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְדָוִ֑יד יָשָׁבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־חַכְמוֹנִ֗י רֹ֚אשׁ *השלושים **הַשָּׁ֣לִישִׁ֔ים הֽוּא־עוֹרֵ֧ר אֶת־חֲנִית֛וֹ עַל־שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת חָלָ֖ל בְּפַ֥עַם אֶחָֽת׃
12 Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men. héb וְאַחֲרָ֛יו אֶלְעָזָ֥ר בֶּן־דּוֹד֖וֹ הָאֲחוֹחִ֑י ה֖וּא בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃
25 He was held in greater honor than any of the thirty, but he was not counted among the three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard. héb מִן־הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗ים הִנּ֤וֹ נִכְבָּד֙ ה֔וּא וְאֶל־הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה לֹא־בָ֑א וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ דָוִ֖יד עַל־מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ ס
26 The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem, héb וְגִבּוֹרֵ֖י הַחֲיָלִ֑ים עֲשָׂה־אֵל֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב אֶלְחָנָ֥ן בֶּן־דּוֹד֖וֹ מִבֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃ ס
Many of David's mighty men, including descendants of men like Esbai, helped strengthen David's rule over all Israel when he was crowned in Hebron.
23 Day after day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God. héb כִּ֚י לְעֶת־י֣וֹם בְּי֔וֹם יָבֹ֥אוּ עַל־דָּוִ֖יד לְעָזְר֑וֹ עַד־לְמַחֲנֶ֥ה גָד֖וֹל כְּמַחֲנֵ֥ה אֱלֹהִֽים׃ פ
38 And from beyond the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men armed with every kind of weapon of war. héb וּמֵעֵ֣בֶר לַ֠יַּרְדֵּן מִן־הָראוּבֵנִ֨י וְהַגָּדִ֜י וַחֲצִ֣י ׀ שֵׁ֣בֶט מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה בְּכֹל֙ כְּלֵי֙ צְבָ֣א מִלְחָמָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃
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