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1 Now these be the
last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was
raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of
Israel, said,
2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and
his word was in my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of
Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the
fear of God.
4 And he shall be as the light of
the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as
the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
5 Although my house be not so with
God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,
and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire,
although he make it not to grow.
6 But the sons of Belial shall
be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with
hands:
7 But the man that shall touch them
must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly
burned with fire in the same place.
8 These be the names
of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief
among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his
spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
9 And after him was Eleazar the son
of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they
defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and
the men of Israel were gone away:
10 He arose, and smote the Philistines
until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD
wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to
spoil.
11 And after him was Shammah the
son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a
troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from
the Philistines.
12 But he stood in the midst of the
ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great
victory.
13 And three of the thirty chief went
down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the
troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14 And David was then in an hold,
and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one
would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by
the gate!
16 And the three mighty men brake through
the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was
by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he
would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD,
that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in
jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these
three mighty men.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the
son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three
hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
19 Was he not most honourable of three?
therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first
three.
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the
son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike
men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of
snow:
21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man:
and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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.
22 These things did Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
23 He was more honourable than the thirty,
but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was
one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the
Harodite,
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of
Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the
Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the
Netophathite,
29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a
Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the
brooks of Gaash,
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the
Barhumite,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of
Jashen, Jonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of
Sharar the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son
of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the
Arbite,
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani
the Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the
Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in
all.
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