2 Samuel 23:1-16 ▼

1 And these the last words of David. The declaration of David, son of Jesse, and the declaration of the man raised up for the Messiah of the God of Jacob, and the sweet songs of Israel.

2 The Spirit of Jehovah spake in me, and his word upon my tongue.

3 The God of Israel said to me, the Rock of Israel spake a parable upon the just man: a parable to fear God.

4 And as the light of the morning the sun will rise: the morning not dense; from the shining of the rain bringing forth herbage from the earth.

5 For not thus my house with the Strong One, for he set to me an eternal covenant, prepared in all, and watched: for all my salvation and delight will he not bring forth.

6 And Belial as the thorn thrusting out are all they, for they will not be taken by the hand.

7 And the man laboring in them shall be filled with iron and the wood of a spear; and in fire burning they shall burn in the dwelling.

8 These the names of the mighty, which were to David: the Tachmonite dwelling in the dwelling, head of the third; he Adino the Eznite: against eight hundred wounded at one time.

9 And after him Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, among the three mighty with David in their upbraiding the rovers; they were gathered together there to war, and the men of Israel will go up.

10 He arose, and he will strike against the rovers till that his hand will be weary, and his hand will cleave to the sword: and Jehovah will do a great salvation in that day; and they sat down behind him only to strip off.

11 And after him, Shammah, son of Aga the Hararite. And the rovers will be gathered together to live; and there will be there a portion of the field full of lentiles: and the people fled from the face of the rovers.

12 And he will stand in the midst of the portion, and he will take it away, and he will strike the rovers: and Jehovah will do a great salvation.

13 And three of the thirty heads will go down and come to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam: and the wild beasts, the rovers, encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

14 And David then in the fortress, and the station of the rovers then in the House of Bread.

15 And David will desire and say, Who will give me to drink waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate?

16 And the three mighty will break forth through the camp of the rovers, and draw waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate, and they will lift up and bring to David: and he would not drink them, and he will pour them out to Jehovah.