Season 12 • Episode 5
2 Samuel 23 • Ephesians 6
The Sword and the Stand
Story Time: Eleazar's Frozen Grip
Eleazar's solitary stand in the barley field until his hand froze to his sword.
Theme Verse (2 Samuel 23:10): “He arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the Lord brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain.”
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Eleazar's Frozen Grip
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David
The shepherd boy who felled Goliath with a sling, hid with 400 outlaws in the Cave of Adullam, and became Israel's anointed warrior-king — "a man after God's own heart" whose line leads to Jesus.
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Eleazar, Son of Dodo
Forged from a broken outlaw in the Cave of Adullam into one of David's Three Mighty Men — who stood alone in the barley field at Pas-dammim and struck down Philistines until his hand froze to his sword.
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The Philistine Army
The iron-armed coastal invaders who assembled at Pas-dammim to plunder Israel's barley harvest — and were routed when Eleazar son of Dodo stood alone in the field until his hand froze to his sword.
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Greek • G3162
Machaira — “Sword”
A short sword or dagger used by Roman soldiers for precise, close-quarters combat.
Hebrew • H1692
Dabaq — “Clung / Froze”
To cling, stick, cleave, or be joined together inextricably. (The same word used in Genesis for a husband 'cleaving' to his wife).
Hebrew • H3021
Yaga — “Weary / Exhausted”
To gasp from exhaustion, to toil to the point of breaking, to be fatigued.