I Chronicles Chapter 11

I Chronicles Chapter 11
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to
David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we
are thy bones and thy flesh.
2 And in time past, even when Saul was
king, thou leddest Israel out and in: and
the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou
shalt feed my people Israel, and thou
shalt be captain over my people Israel.
3 So came all the elders of Israel to the
king to Hebron, and David made a
covenant with them in Hebron before the
Lord. And they anointed David king over
Israel, according to the word of the Lord
by the hand of Samuel. 4 And David and
all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is
Jebus, where were the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to
David, Thou shalt not come in hither.
Nevertheless David took the tower of
Zion, which is the city of David. 6 And
David said, Whosoever smiteth the
Jebusites first, shall be the chief and
captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went
first up, and was captain. 7 And David
dwelt in the tower: therefore they called
it the city of David. 8 And he built the
city on every side, from Millo even
round about, and Joab repaired the rest
of the city.
9 And David prospered, and grew: for
the Lord of hosts was with him. 10
These also are the chief of the valiant
men that were with David, and joined
their force with him in his kingdom with
all Israel, to make him king over Israel,
according to the word of the Lord.
11 And this is the number of the valiant
men whom David had, Jashobeam the
son of Hachmoni, the chief among thirty:
he lift up his spear against three hundred,
whom he slew at one time.
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of
Dodo the Ahohite, which was one of the
three valiant men.
13 He was with David at Pas-dammim,
and there the Philistines were gathered
together to battle: and there was a parcel
of ground full of barley, and the people
fled before the Philistines.
14 And they stood in the midst of the
field, and saved it, and slew the
Philistines: so the Lord gave a great
victory.
15 And three of the thirty captains went
to a rock to David, into the cave of
Adullam. And the army of the Philistines
camped in the valley of Rephaim. 16
And when David was in the hold, the
Philistine's garrison was at Bethlehem.
17 And David longed, and said, Oh, that
one would give me to drink of the water
of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the
gate.
18 Then these three break through the
host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Beth-lehem that was
by the gate, and took it and brought it to
David: but David would not drink of it,
but poured it for an oblation to the Lord,
19 And said, Let not my God suffer me
to do this: should I drink the blood of
these men's lives? For they have brought
it with the jeopardy of their lives:
therefore he would not drink it: these
things did these three mighty men. 20
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was
chief of the three, and he lift up his spear
against three hundred, and slew them,
and had the name among the three.
21 Among the three he was more
honorable than the two, and he was their
captain: but he attained not unto the first
three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada (the son
of a valiant man) which had done many
acts, and was of Kabzeel, he slew two
strong men of Moab: he went down also
and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in
time of snow. 23 And he slew an
Egyptian, a man of great stature, even
five cubits long, and in the Egyptians
hand was a spear like a weaver's beam:
and he went down to him with a staff,
and plucked the spear out of the
Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his
own spear.
24 These things did Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and had the name among the
three worthies.
25 Behold, he was honorable among
thirty, but he attained not unto the first
three. And David made him of his
counsel.
26 These also were valiant men of war,
Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the
son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the
Pelonite,
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Anathothite,
29 Sibbechai [Mebunnai] the Hushathite,
Ilai the Ahohite,
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the
son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31 Ithai
the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the
children of Benjamin, Benaiah the
Pirathonite,
32 Hurai of the rivers of Gaash, Abiel
the Arbathite,
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba
the Shaalbonite,
34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite,
Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite,
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite,
Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the
Pelonite,
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son
of Ezbai,
38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar
the son of Hagri,
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the
Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab, the
son of Zeruiah,
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of
Ahlai,
42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite,
a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty
with him,
43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and
Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and
Ieiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, 45
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his
brother the Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and
Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, and
Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel the
Mezobaite.