Batman, The Incredible Hulk and Josheb-Basshebeth the Tahchemonite.

Being a guy, I love comicbook super-heroes, cartoon super-haroes, and just plain old super-heroes in general. I also am a huge fan of the heroic-fantasy genre of books and movies. As such, I get excited when reading or watching stories about heroes, I get even more excited about super-heroes who actually lived.

Josheb-Basshebeth (Josh) the Tahchemonite is one such real life super-hero.

His small but amazing account can be found in either 2 Samuel 23 or 1 Chronicles 11.

"Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter." - 2 Samuel 23:8

"Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was chief of the officers ; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter." - 1 Chronicles 11:11

Josh is someone not to be messed with, a real 'don't want to see in a dark alley' kind of guy! I realise that there are possibly alleged discrepancies, however, I like to think that the verses could be discussing two separate occasions where Josh defeated a multitude each time—on one occasion 300, and on another 800. (Now neither Batman nor The Incredible Hulk could have opened a can of whoop-ass that big)

Josh sounds like the kind of characters I read about and love in novels by David Gemmell, Raymond E Feist, or any other heroic-fantasy author for that matter. Big, Tough, and Really, really Angry.

Kinda puts Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." into a whole new and whopp-ass perspective.

If you stumble accross my little blog I'd love to hear about your historical heroes and why they are special to you.
They can be from the bible or other historical sources or can even be from myth, I like hearing about heroes no matter where they come from.