Chief Of Three
Chief Of Three [1]
( ראשׁ הִשָׁלַשַׁי , Rosh Hash-Shalishi ´ , or rather שָׁלַשַׁים , Shalishim ´ , the third-men), a title of Adino (q.v.) the Eznite, one of David's greatest braves ( 2 Samuel 23:8; Sept. Πρῶτος Τῶν Τριῶν ; Vulg.prin Ceps Inter Trees; A. V. "chief among the captains"), otherwise called Jashobeam ( 1 Chronicles 11:11, where the text again corruptly has שָׁלוֹשַׁים ; Shaloshim'; Sept. Πρωτότοκος Τῶν Τριάκοντα ; Vulg.Princepsrinter Trigthta; A.V. "chief of the captains"), and also of Abishai ( 2 Samuel 23:18, שְׁלשַׁי , Τριῶν , De Tribus, "among three"), and Amasa ( 1 Chronicles 12:18,
שָׁלוֹשַׁים , Τριάκοντα , Inter Triginta, "of the captains"). In all these passages it designates the superior officer or commander of the tristate, essarii, or warriors who fought three in a chariot, and formed the phalanx nearest the king's person (Lydius, Slyntagm. de re militali (lib. 2, 100:3, p. 39). He is also briefly called הִשָׁלַישׁ , has-Shalish ´ (lit. The Ternary) = Id- de-camp, or general executive officer ( 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Kings 7:17; 2 Kings 7:19; 2 Kings 9:25; 2 Kings 15:25), like the Roman "master of horse." (See Captain).
