1 Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “We are your bone and your flesh. 2 Also, yesterday and the day before, when Saul still reigned, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel. For the Lord your God said to you: ‘You shall pasture my people Israel, and you shall be the leader over them.’ ” 3 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel went to the king at Hebron. And David formed a pact with them before the Lord. And they anointed him king over Israel, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Samuel. 4 Then David and all of Israel went to Jerusalem. The same is Jebus, where the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were. 5 And those who were living in Jebus said to David: “You shall not enter here.” But David seized the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David. 6 And he said, “Whoever shall strike the Jebusites first, shall be ruler and commander.” And so Joab, the son of Zeruiah, ascended first, and he was made the leader. 7 Then David lived in the stronghold, and for this reason it was called the City of David. 8 And he built up the city all around, from Millo even to every side. But Joab built the rest of the city. 9 And David continued advancing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him. 10 These are the leaders of the strong men of David, who assisted him, so that he would become king over all of Israel, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel. 11 And this is the number of the robust of David: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, leader among the thirty. He lifted up his spear over three hundred, who were wounded at one time. 12 And after him, there was Eleazar, the son of his uncle, an Ahohite, who was among the three powerful ones. 13 He was with David in Pasdammim, when the Philistines were gathered to that place for battle. Now the field of that region was full of barley, but the people had fled from the face of the Philistines. 14 These men stood in the midst of the field, and they defended it. And when they had struck down the Philistines, the Lord gave a great salvation to his people. 15 Then three from the thirty leaders descended to the rock where David was, to the cave of Adullam, when the Philistines had made camp in the Valley of the Rephaim. 16 Now David was in a stronghold, and a garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem. 17 And then David desired and said, “O if only someone would give me water from the well of Bethlehem, which is at the gate!” 18 Therefore, these three broke through to the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water from the well of Bethlehem, which was at the gate. And they took it to David, so that he might drink. But he was not willing; and instead, he offered it as a libation to the Lord, 19 saying: “Far be it from me, that I would do this in the sight of my God, and that I would drink the blood of these men. For at the peril of their own lives, they brought the water to me.” And for this reason, he was not willing to drink. The three most powerful accomplished these things. 20 Also, Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred, who were wounded. And he was most renowned among the three, 21 and he was famous among the second three and their leader. Yet truly, he did not reach as far as the first three. 22 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, from Kabzeel, was a very mature man, who had accomplished many deeds. He struck down the two lions of God from Moab. And he descended and killed a lion in the middle of a pit, in the time of snow. 23 And he struck down an Egyptian man, whose stature was five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver’s beam. And yet he descended to him with a staff. And he seized the spear that he was holding in his hand. And he killed him with his own spear. 24 These things were done by Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who was most renowned among the three robust ones, 25 the first among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not reach as far as the three. Then David placed him beside his ear. 26 Moreover, the strongest men of the army were Asahel, the brother of Joab; and Elhanan, the son of his uncle, from Bethlehem; 27 Shammoth, a Harorite; Helez, a Pelonite; 28 Ira, the son of Ikkesh, a Tekoite; Abiezer, an Anathothite; 29 Sibbecai, a Hushathite; Ilai, an Ahohite; 30 Maharai, a Netophathite; Heled, the son of Baanah, a Netophathite; 31 Ithai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin; Benaiah, a Pirathonite; 32 Hurai, from the torrent Gaash; Abiel, an Arbathite; Azmaveth, a Baharumite; Eliahba, a Shaalbonite. 33 The sons of Hashem, a Gizonite: Jonathan, the son of Shagee, a Hararite; 34 Ahiam, the son of Sachar, a Hararite; 35 Eliphal, the son of Ur; 36 Hepher, a Mecherathite; Ahijah, a Pelonite; 37 Hezro, a Carmelite; Naharai, the son of Ezbai; 38 Joel, the brother of Nathan; Mibhar, the son of Hagri; 39 Zelek, an Ammonite; Naarai, a Beerothite, the armor bearer of Joab, the son of Zeruiah; 40 Ira, an Ithrite; Gareb, an Ithrite; 41 Uriah, a Hittite; Zabad, the son of Ahlai; 42 Adina, the son of Shiza, a Reubenite, the leader of the Reubenites, and thirty who were with him; 43 Hanan, the son of Maacah; and Joshaphat, a Mithnite; 44 Uzzia, an Ashterathite; Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, an Aroerite; 45 Jediael, the son of Shimri; and Joha, his brother, a Tizite; 46 Eliel, a Mahavite; and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam; and Ithmah, a Moabite; Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel from Mezobaite.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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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
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
Jashobeam
Chief of the officers of David's mighty men, who wielded his spear against three hundred men at one time. 2 Samuel 23:8 calls him Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite and puts the…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 11:11
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
Shagee
Named as the father of Jonathan, one of David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:34
Shama
One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, listed among David's mighty men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 11:44
Sharar
Called a Hararite and named as the father of Ahiam, a member of the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:33; 1 Chronicles 11:35
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)
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- 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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