1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel, according to Yahweh’s word by Samuel. 4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (also called Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. 5 The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here!” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. The same is David’s city. 6 David had said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.” Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief. 7 David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city. 8 He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 9 David grew greater and greater, for Yahweh of Armies was with him. 10 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. 11 This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time. 12 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. 13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14 They stood in the middle of the plot, defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory. 15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 16 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem at that time. 17 David longed, and said, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” 18 The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, took it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink any of it, but poured it out to Yahweh, 19 and said, “My God forbid me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?” For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things. 20 Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three. 21 Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three. 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day. 23 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 24 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things and had a name among the three mighty men. 25 Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three; and David set him over his guard. 26 The mighty men of the armies also include Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 27 Shammoth the Harorite, 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 the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee 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 chief of the Reubenites), and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maacah, 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, 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
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
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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