John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Helez the Paltite,.... Who was of a place called Pater, as the Targum; in Ch1 11:27, he is called the Pelonite: Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; who was of the city of Tekoah, the native place of Amos the prophet, famous for oil, about twelve miles from Jerusalem; See Gill on Amo 1:1.

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

2Sa 23:8-39 The following list of David’s heroes we also find in 1 Chron 11:10-47, and expanded at the end by sixteen names (1Ch 11:41-47), and attached in 1Ch 11:10 to the account of the conquest of the fortress of Zion by the introduction of a special heading.

Commenting on 2 Samuel 23:8-39