1 Chronicles 11:18-47 ▼

18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines, and drewe water out of the wel that was by ye gate at Bethlehem, and toke it and brought it to Dauid: Neuerthelesse, Dauid woulde not drinke of it, but rather offered it to the Lorde,

19 And sayd: my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing: Shall I drinke the blood of these men, that haue put their liues in ieoperdie? for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it: therefore he would not drinke it. And this did these three mightiest.

20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab, he also was captayne among three: For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred, and wounded them, and had a name among the three:

21 Yea among three, he was more honorable then the two, for he was their captayne: Howbeit, he attayned not to the first three.

22 Banaia ye sonne of Iehoiada, the sonne of a very strong man, which had done many actes, of Cabzeel: he slue two strong lions of Moab, & went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe.

23 And he slue an Egyptian, whose stature was euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame: And the other went downe to him with a waster, & plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slue him with his owne speare.

24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three mightiest,

25 And was honorable among thirtie: but attayned not vnto the first three: And Dauid made him of his counsaile.

26 The other men of armes were these: Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan his vncles sonne, of Bethlehem:

27 Samoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite,

28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite, Abieser the Anatothite,

29 Sibbecai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

30 Maharai the Nepthophathite, Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite,

31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayued to the children of Beniamin, Benaia the Phirathonite,

32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas, Abiel the Arbathite,

33 Azmaueth the Baharumite, Elihaba the Salabonite.

34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite: Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite,

35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Ur.

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahia the Pelonite,

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naari the sonne of Ezbai,

38 Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the sonne of Hagari,

39 Zelec the Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite the bearer of the harnesse of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia,

40 Ira the Iethrite, and Gareb a Iethrite,

41 Uria the Hethite, and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai,

42 Adina the sonne of Sisa a Rubenite a captaine of the Rubenites, and thirtie with him.

43 Hanan the sonne of Maacah, and Iosaphat a Mithanite,

44 Uzzia an Astherathite, Sama & Iehiel the sonnes of Hothan an Aroerite:

45 Iediel the sonne of Zimri, and Ioha his brother a Thosaite,

46 Eliel a Mahauite, Ieribai and Iosaia the sonnes of Elnaam, and Iithma a Moabite,

47 Eliel and Obed, and Iasiel a Mesobaite.