1 Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler. 3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel. 4 Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there. 5 And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David. 6 And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief. 7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David. 8 And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order. 9 And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him. 10 Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel. 11 This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear. 12 And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines. 14 And he took up his position in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack, and overcame the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great salvation. 15 And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim. 16 At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem. 17 And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem by the doorway into the town! 18 So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord, 19 Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war. 20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three. 21 Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three. 22 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow. 23 And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a very tall man about five cubits high, armed with a spear like a cloth-worker's rod; he went down to him with a stick, and pulling his spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear. 24 These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war. 25 He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants. 26 And these were the great men of war: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 27 Shammoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite, 28 Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 29 Sibbecai 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 Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaveth of Bahurim, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan, the son of Shage 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, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms 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 chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him; 43 Hanan, the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel, 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.
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People
Abiezer
Abiezer the Anathothite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:12
Adina
Son of Shiza the Reubenite, chief of the Reubenites, who had thirty men with him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:42
Ahiam
Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:33; 1 Chronicles 11:35
Ahijah
Listed among David's mighty men as Ahijah the Pelonite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:36
Ahlai
Named as the father of Zabad, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:41
Azmaveth
Azmaveth the Barhumite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33
Baanah
Named as the father of Heled, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30
Benaiah
Benaiah the Pirathonite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 27:14
Dodo
Ahohite named as the father of Eleazar, one of the Three; a Dodai the Ahohite commanded David's second-month division (probably the same man).
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12; 1 Chronicles 27:4
Dodo
Named as the father of Elhanan of Bethlehem, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26
Eleazar
Son of Dodo the Ahohite and one of the Three, who stood his ground with David against the Philistines at Pas-dammim until his hand stuck to his sword.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 23:10; 1 Chronicles 11:12
Elhanan
Son of Dodo of Bethlehem, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26
Eliahba
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33
Eliel
Listed among David's mighty men as Eliel the Mahavite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:46
Eliel
Listed among David's mighty men, a second Eliel after Eliel the Mahavite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:47
Eliphal
Son of Ur, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:35
Elnaam
Named as the father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, mighty men of David.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:46
Ezbai
Named as the father of Naarai, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:37
Gareb
Gareb the Ithrite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40
Hagri
Named as the father of Mibhar, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:38
Hanan
Son of Maacah, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:43
Heled
Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30; 1 Chronicles 27:15
Helez
Helez the Paltite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27; 1 Chronicles 27:10
Hepher
Listed among David's mighty men as Hepher the Mecherathite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:36
Hezro
Hezro the Carmelite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:35; 1 Chronicles 11:37
Hiddai
Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:32
Hotham
Named as the Aroerite, father of Shama and Jeiel, two of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:44
Ikkesh
Named as the father of Ira, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9
Ira
Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9
Ira
Ira the Ithrite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40
Ithmah
Moabite listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:46
Jaasiel
Listed among David's mighty men as Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:47
Jashen
Named in the list of the Thirty as the father of a group of mighty men (the sons of Jashen).
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:34
Jediael
Son of Shimri, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:45
Jeiel
One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:44
Jeribai
One of the sons of Elnaam, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:46
Joel
Brother of Nathan, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:38
Joha
Brother of Jediael, listed among David's mighty men as Joha the Tizite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:45
Jonathan
Son of Shagee the Hararite, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:34
Joshaphat
Listed among David's mighty men as Joshaphat the Mithnite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:43
Joshaviah
One of the sons of Elnaam, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:46
Maacah
Named as the father of Hanan, one of David's mighty men (the text gives only the name Maacah).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:43
Maharai
Maharai the Netophathite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:30; 1 Chronicles 27:13
Mibhar
Son of Hagri, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:38
Naharai
Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 11:39
Nathan
Named only as the brother of Joel, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:38
Obed
Ribai
Named as the father of Ithai of Gibeah of the Benjamites.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31
Shama
One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:44
Shimri
Named as the father of Jediael and Joha, mighty men of David.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:45
Shiza
Named as the father of Adina the Reubenite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:42
Sibbecai
Sibbecai the Hushathite, who killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha, in a battle with the Philistines at Gob. 1 Chronicles 11:29 lists Sibbecai where 2 Samuel 23:27 reads…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:18; 2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:29
Ur
Named as the father of Eliphal, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:35
Uzzia
Listed among David's mighty men as Uzzia the Ashterathite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:44
Zabad
Son of Ahlai, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:41
Zalmon
Zalmon the Ahohite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:29
Zelek
Zelek the Ammonite, listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 11:39
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:1–16; 1 Chronicles 12:23–40; 2 Samuel 15:10; Genesis 29:14
- 2 2 Samuel 5:2; John 10:4; Psalm 78:71; 1 Samuel 18:13; 2 Samuel 7:7
- 3 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:12–13; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 28:17
- 4 Judges 1:21; Joshua 15:63; Joshua 15:8; 1 Chronicles 11:5; Genesis 15:21
- 5 Psalm 132:13; 2 Samuel 6:12; 1 Samuel 17:26; 2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Chronicles 11:7
- 6 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 20:23; Joshua 15:16–17; 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 17:25
- 7 2 Samuel 5:7; Psalm 2:6; 1 Chronicles 11:5
- 8 1 Kings 11:27; Nehemiah 4:2; Judges 9:20; 1 Kings 9:15; Judges 9:6
- 9 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 41:10; Romans 8:31; 2 Samuel 5:10; Isaiah 41:14
- 10 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Samuel 23:8–39; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 2 Samuel 3:21; 2 Samuel 3:17–18
- 11 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 27:2; 1 Chronicles 12:18
- 12 1 Chronicles 27:4; 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Samuel 23:17–19; 1 Chronicles 11:19
- 13 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 23:11–12
- 14 Psalm 144:10; Proverbs 21:31; 1 Samuel 14:23; 2 Samuel 23:10; 2 Kings 5:1
- 15 2 Samuel 5:18; 1 Chronicles 14:9; Isaiah 17:5; Joshua 12:15; 1 Samuel 22:1
- 16 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 13:23; 1 Samuel 13:4; 1 Samuel 23:25; 1 Samuel 22:1
- 17 John 4:14; John 4:10; Isaiah 12:3; 2 Samuel 23:15–16; Psalm 63:1
- 18 Acts 21:13; Acts 20:24; 1 Samuel 7:6; Song of Songs 8:6; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15
- 19 2 Samuel 23:17; Psalm 72:14; Judges 9:17; Leviticus 17:10; 1 Corinthians 15:30
- 20 1 Samuel 26:6; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 21:17; 2 Samuel 2:18
- 21 1 Corinthians 15:41; Matthew 13:8
- 22 2 Samuel 23:20–23; 2 Samuel 8:18; Joshua 15:21; 1 Kings 2:34–35; 2 Samuel 20:23
- 23 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:51; Deuteronomy 3:11
- 25 2 Samuel 20:23
- 26 1 Chronicles 27:7; 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:24; 2 Samuel 2:18–23
- 27 2 Samuel 23:25–26
- 28 1 Chronicles 27:12; 1 Chronicles 27:9; 2 Samuel 23:27
- 29 1 Chronicles 27:11; 2 Samuel 23:27–28
- 30 1 Chronicles 27:13; 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 27:15
- 31 2 Samuel 23:29
- 32 2 Samuel 23:30–31
- 34 2 Samuel 23:32–33
- 35 2 Samuel 23:33–34
- 37 2 Samuel 23:35
- 38 2 Samuel 23:36
- 40 2 Samuel 20:26
- 41 2 Samuel 23:39; 2 Samuel 11:6–27; 1 Chronicles 2:36
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