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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.'" |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had promised through Samuel. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5said to David, "You will not get in here." Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion--which is the City of David. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6David had said, "Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander-in-chief." Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He built up the city around it, from the terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD Almighty was with him. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10These were the chiefs of David's mighty warriors--they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the LORD had promised-- |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11this is the list of David's mighty warriors: Jashobeam, a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the LORD brought about a great victory. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17David longed for water and said, "Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"God forbid that I should do this!" he said. "Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?" Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab's two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver's rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Sibbekai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Hurai from the ravines of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite, |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur, |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai, |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri, |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai, |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him, |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Hanan son of Maakah, Joshaphat the Mithnite, |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45Jediael son of Shimri, his brother Joha the Tizite, |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite, |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. |
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