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He is recognized as one of the elite group known as "David's Mighty Men" or "The Three," who were renowned for their extraordinary feats of bravery and strength in battle. Adino's account is primarily found in <a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a> and <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:11</a>.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a> :</b> "These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite was chief of the Three; he wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time."<br><br>2. <b><a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:11</a> :</b> "This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time."<br><br><b>Identity and Name:</b><br><br>Adino is often identified with Josheb-basshebeth, also known as Jashobeam, due to the parallel accounts in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. The name "Adino" itself is not directly mentioned in the Berean Standard Bible, but it is traditionally associated with the exploits described in these passages. The name "Adino" is thought to mean "ornament" or "delicate," which contrasts with his formidable reputation as a warrior.<br><br><b>Feats and Legacy:</b><br><br>Adino's most notable achievement, as recorded in <a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a>, is his single-handed defeat of eight hundred men with his spear. This incredible feat of valor underscores his status as the chief of the Three, a title that signifies his preeminence among David's warriors. The account in <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:11</a>, which mentions the slaying of three hundred men, may reflect a different tradition or a textual variation.<br><br>Adino's legacy is emblematic of the courage and loyalty that characterized David's mighty men. These warriors were instrumental in securing David's kingdom and establishing his rule over Israel. Adino's prowess in battle serves as a testament to the divine favor and strength that God bestowed upon David and his followers.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, Adino's account highlights the theme of divine empowerment and the role of human agency in fulfilling God's purposes. The mighty men, including Adino, were not only skilled warriors but also instruments of God's providence in the establishment of David's reign. Their exploits are seen as manifestations of God's power working through individuals who are committed to His anointed king.<br><br>Adino's inclusion in the biblical narrative serves as an inspiration for believers, illustrating the potential for extraordinary achievements when one is aligned with God's will and purpose. His account encourages faithfulness, courage, and reliance on God's strength in the face of overwhelming odds.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>The Eznite, one of David's mighty men (<a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a>). (see <a href="../j/jashobeam.htm">JASHOBEAM</a>.) <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ADINO</span><p>ad'-i-no, a-di'-no (`adhino, "his adorned one"): The senior of David's "mighty men." "Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time" (<a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a>). This very exact rendering makes it evident even to an English reader that the text is imperfect. Ginsburg offers a corrected form taken substantially from the parallel passage in <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:11</a>: "Jashobeam a son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; he lifted up his spear." This is plausible, and is very generally accepted, and eliminates the names Adino and Eznite, which do not occur elsewhere in the Bible. Some of the facts are against this. The Septuagint has the names Adino and Eznite. The Latin finds no proper names in the passage, but so translates the words as to presuppose the Hebrew text as we have it. It may be a case for suspended judgment.<br><br>The texts concerning David's mighty men are fragmentary both in Samuel and in Chronicles. If they were more complete they would perhaps make it clear that the three seniors were comrades of David at Pas-dammim, Ephes-dammim (<a href="/1_chronicles/11-13.htm">1 Chronicles 11:13</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-1.htm">1 Samuel 17:1</a>); and that we have in them additional details concerning that battle. The record says that on the death of Goliath the Philistines fled and the Israelites pursued (<a href="/1_samuel/17-52.htm">1 Samuel 17:52</a>), but it is not improbable that during the retreat portions of the Philistine force rallied, so that there was strenuous fighting.<br><br>Willis J. Beecher<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5722.htm"><span class="l">5722. <b>Adino</b> -- "voluptuous," one of David's heroes</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5721, 5722. <b>Adino</b>. 5723 . "voluptuous," one of David's heroes. Transliteration:<br> <b>Adino</b> Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ee-no') Short Definition: <b>Adino</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5722.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/adino.htm"><span class="l"><b>Adino</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>ADINO</b>. ad <b>...</b> Bible. Some of the facts are against<br> this. The Septuagint has the names <b>Adino</b> and Eznite. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adino.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eznite.htm"><span class="l">Eznite (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia EZNITE. ez-'nit (`etsni or `etsno). See<br><b>ADINO</b>. Multi-Version Concordance Eznite (1 Occurrence). 2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eznite.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/joseb-bassebeth.htm"><span class="l">Joseb-bassebeth (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth,<br> Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite; he fought <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/joseb-bassebeth.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jashobeam.htm"><span class="l">Jashobeam (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Bethlehem (2 Samuel 23:13-17). He is also called <b>Adino</b> the Eznite (8). Int.<br> Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JASHOBEAM. ja-sho'-be-am (yashobh <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jashobeam.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/josheb.htm"><span class="l">Josheb (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth<br> a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/josheb.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/josheb-basshebeth.htm"><span class="l">Josheb-basshebeth (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth<br> a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/josheb-basshebeth.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/josheb-basshe'beth.htm"><span class="l">Josheb-basshe'beth (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth<br> a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite; he <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/josheb-basshe'beth.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wielded.htm"><span class="l">Wielded (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth<br> a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wielded.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tahchemonite.htm"><span class="l">Tahchemonite (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth<br> a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tahchemonite.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tachmonite.htm"><span class="l">Tachmonite (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite<br> that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was <b>Adino</b> the Eznite <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tachmonite.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Adino (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a></span><br />These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was <span class="boldtext">Adino</span> the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/adino.htm">Adino</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/adino_or_adino,_the_eznite.htm">Adino or Adino, the Eznite</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/adino--one_of_david's_valiant_men.htm">Adino: One of David's Valiant Men</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eznite.htm">Eznite (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/joseb-bassebeth.htm">Joseb-bassebeth (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jashobeam.htm">Jashobeam (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/josheb.htm">Josheb (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/josheb-basshebeth.htm">Josheb-basshebeth (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/josheb-basshe'beth.htm">Josheb-basshe'beth (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wielded.htm">Wielded (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tahchemonite.htm">Tahchemonite (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tachmonite.htm">Tachmonite (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tahkemonite.htm">Tahkemonite (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tah-che'monite.htm">Tah-che'monite (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tachkemonite.htm">Tachkemonite (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/encounter.htm">Encounter (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/basshebeth.htm">Basshebeth (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/chief.htm">Chief (696 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/adinu.htm">Adinu</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ad'ina.htm">Ad'ina (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/captains.htm">Captains (159 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eight.htm">Eight (81 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wounded.htm">Wounded (114 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spear.htm">Spear (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fought.htm">Fought (109 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hardened.htm">Hardened (45 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/slew.htm">Slew (206 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lift.htm">Lift (283 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/names.htm">Names (133 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/a/adina--one_of_david's_heroes.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Adina: One of David's Heroes"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Adina: One of David's Heroes" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/adino_or_adino,_the_eznite.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Adino or Adino, the Eznite"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Adino or Adino, the Eznite" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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