^23:13At the time of¹⁷ the harvest three¹⁸ of the thirty leaders went down to¹⁹ David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim. ^23:14David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.²⁰

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17 The meaning of Hebrew אֶל־קָצִיר (’el qatsir) seems here to be “at the time of harvest,” although this is an unusual use of the phrase. As S. R. Driver points out, this preposition does not normally have the temporal sense of “in” or “during” (S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, ).
18 The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew in reading שְׁלֹשָׁה (shéloshah, “three”) rather than the Kethib of the שְׁלֹשִׁים (shéloshim, “thirty”). “Thirty” is due to dittography of the following word and makes no sense in the context.
19 Heb “went down … and approached.”
20 For location see ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Three of the thirty leading warriors went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was camping in Rephaim Valley. At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

NLTNew Living Translation

Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there. David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then three of the thirty leaders went down and came to David at the time of the harvest to the cave of Adullam, while a group of the Philistines were camping in the valley of the Rephaim. Now at that time, David was in the stronghold, and a garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem at that same time.

KJV 1900King James Version

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

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