1These are the last words of David: The word of David son of Jesse, the word of the man whom the High God raised up, the anointed of the God of Jacob and the singer of Israel's psalms:
2The spirit of the LORD has spoken through me, and his word is on my lips.
3The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said of me: “He who rules people in justice, who rules in the fear of God,
4is like the light of morning at sunrise, a morning that is cloudless after rain and makes the grass from the earth sparkle.”
5Surely my house is true to God; for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, its terms spelled out and faithfully kept; that is my whole salvation, all my delight.
6But the ungodly put forth no shoots, they are all like briars thrown aside; none dare put out his hand to pick them up,
7none touch them but with a tool of iron or wood; they are fit only for burning where they lie.
David's heroes
8THESE are the names of David's heroes. First came Ishbosheth the Hachmonite, chief of the three; it was he who brandished his spear over eight hundred, all slain at one time.
9Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the heroic three. He was with David at Pas-dammim where the Philistines had gathered for battle. When the Israelites fell back,
10he stood his ground and rained blows on the Philistines until, from sheer weariness, his hand stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Afterwards the people rallied to him, but it was only to strip the dead.
11Next to him was Shammah son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered at Lehi, where there was a field with a fine crop of lentils; and, when the Philistines put the people to flight,
12he stood his ground in the field, defended it, and defeated the foe. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
13Towards the beginning of the harvest three of the thirty went down to join David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
14David was then in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison held Bethlehem.
15One day David exclaimed with longing, “If only I could have a drink of water from the well by the gate at Bethlehem!”
16At this the heroic three made their way through the Philistine lines and drew water from the well by the gate of Bethlehem and brought it to David. But he refused to drink it; he poured it out to the LORD
17saying, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing! Can I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the heroic three.
18Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the thirty; he it was who brandished his spear over three hundred dead. He was famous among the thirty,
19and some think he surpassed in reputation the rest of the thirty; he became their captain, but he did not rival the three.
20Benaiah son of Jehoiada, from Kabzeel, was a hero of many exploits. It was he who slew the two champions of Moab, and who once went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day.
21He also killed an Egyptian, a man of striking appearance armed with a spear. Benaiah went to meet him with a club, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own weapon.
22Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, famous among the heroic thirty.
23He was more famous than the rest of the thirty, but he did not rival the three. David appointed him to his household.
24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem;
25Shammah from Harod; Elika from Harod;
26Helez from a place unknown; Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;
27Abiezer from Anathoth; Mebunnai from Hushah;
28Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai from Netophah;
29Heled son of Baanah from Netophah; Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of Benjamin;
30Benaiah from Pirathon; Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash;
31Abi-albon from Beth-arabah; Azmoth from Bahurim;
32Eliahba from Shaalbon; Hashem the Gizonite; Jonathan son of
33Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite;
34Eliphelet son of Ahasbai son of the Maacathite; Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;
35Hezrai from Carmel; Paarai the Arbite;
36Igal son of Nathan from Zobah; Bani the Gadite;
37Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai from Beeroth, armour-bearer to Joab son of Zeruiah;
38Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;
39Uriah the Hittite: there were thirty-seven in all.
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