Dual Panel1All <03605> Israel <03478> joined <06908> David <01732> at Hebron <02275> and said <0559>, “Look <02009>, we <0587> are your very flesh <01320> and blood <06106>!
2In the past <08032>, even <01571> when Saul <07586> was <01961> king <04428>, you <0859> were Israel’s <03478> commanding <0935> <03318> general. The Lord <03068> your God <0430> said <0559> to you, ‘You <0859> will shepherd <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>; you <0859> will <01961> rule <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.’”
3When all <03605> the leaders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935> to <0413> the king <04428> at Hebron <02275>, David <01732> made <03772> an agreement <01285> with them in Hebron <02275> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. They anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>, just as the Lord <03068> had announced <01697> through <03027> Samuel <08050>.
4David <01732> and the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> army advanced <01980> to Jerusalem <03389> (that <01931> is, Jebus <02982>). (The Jebusites <02983>, the land’s <0776> original inhabitants, lived <03427> there <08033>.)
5The residents <03427> of Jebus <02982> said <0559> to David <01732>, “You cannot <03808> invade <0935> this place <02008>!” But David <01732> captured <03920> the fortress <04686> of Zion <06726> (that <01931> is, the City <05892> of David <01732>).
6David <01732> said <0559>, “Whoever <03605> attacks <05221> the Jebusites <02983> first <07223> will become <01961> commanding <07218> general <08269>!” So Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> attacked <05927> first <07223> and became <01961> commander <07218>.
7David <01732> lived <03427> in the fortress <04679>; for this reason <03651> <05921> it is called <07121> the City <05892> of David <01732>.
8He built up <01129> the city <05892> around <05439> it, from <04480> the terrace <04407> to <05704> the surrounding <05439> walls; Joab <03097> restored <02421> the rest <07605> of the city <05892>.
9David’s <01732> power steadily grew <01419> <01980> <01980>, for the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> was with <05973> him.
10These <0428> were the leaders <07218> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368> who <0834> helped establish <02388> and stabilize his rule over <04427> all <03605> Israel <03478>, in accordance <05921> with the Lord’s <03068> word <01697>.
11This <0428> is the list <04557> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368>: Jashobeam <03434>, a Hacmonite <02453> <01121>, was head <07218> of the officers <07970>. He killed <02491> three <07969> hundred <03967> men with <05782> his spear <02595> in a single <0259> battle.
12Next in command <0310> was Eleazar <0499> son <01121> of Dodo <01734> the Ahohite <0266>. He <01931> was one of the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>.
13He <01931> was <01961> with <05973> David <01732> in Pas Dammim <06450> when the Philistines <06430> assembled <0622> there <08033> for battle <04421>. In an area <02513> of the field <07704> that was full <04392> of barley <08184>, the army <05971> retreated <05127> before <06440> the Philistines <06430>,
14but then they made a stand <03320> in the middle <08432> of that area <02513>. They defended <05337> it and defeated <05221> the <0853> Philistines <06430>; the Lord <03068> gave <03467> them a great <01419> victory <08668>.
15Three <07969> of <04480> the thirty <07970> leaders <07218> went down <03381> to <0413> David <01732> at <05921> the rocky cliff <06697> at <0413> the cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>, while a Philistine <06430> force <04264> was camped <02583> in the Valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.
16David <01732> was in the stronghold <04686> at the time <0227> <0227>, while a Philistine <06430> garrison <05333> was in Bethlehem <01035>.
17David <01732> was thirsty <0183> and said <0559>, “How <04310> I wish someone would give me some water <04325> to drink <08248> from the cistern <0953> in Bethlehem <01035> near the city gate <08179>!”
18So the three <07969> elite warriors broke through <01234> the Philistine <06430> forces <04264> and drew <07579> some water <04325> from the cistern <0953> in Bethlehem <01035> near the city gate <08179>. They carried <05375> it back <0935> to <0413> David <01732>, but David <01732> refused <014> <03808> to drink <08354> it. He poured <05258> it out <05258> as a drink offering to the Lord <03068>
19and said <0559>, “God <0430> forbid <02486> that I should do <06213> this <02063>! Should I drink <08354> the blood <01818> of these <0428> men <0582> who risked their lives <05315>?” Because <03588> they risked their lives <05315> to bring <0935> it to him, he refused <014> <03808> to drink <08354> it. Such <0428> were the exploits <06213> of the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>.
20Abishai <052> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097> was <01961> head <07218> of the three <07969> elite <02490> warriors. He <01931> <01931> killed three <07969> hundred <03967> men with his spear <02595> and gained <05782> fame <08034> along with the three <07969> elite warriors.
21From <04480> the three <07969> he was given double <08147> honor <03513> and he became <01961> their officer <08269>, even <05704> though he was <0935> not <03808> one of them <07969>.
22Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> was a brave warrior <02428> warrior <0376> from Kabzeel <06909> who performed great <07227> exploits <06467>. He struck down <05221> the two <08147> sons of Ariel <0739> of Moab <04124>; he also went down <03381> and killed <05221> a lion <0738> inside <08432> a cistern <0953> on a snowy <07950> day <03117>.
23He <01931> even killed <05221> an Egyptian <04713> who was seven and a half feet <0520> <02568> tall <04060>. The Egyptian <04713> had a spear <02595> as big as the crossbeam <04500> of a weaver’s <0707> loom; Benaiah attacked <03381> him with <0413> a club <07626>. He grabbed <01497> the spear <02595> out of the Egyptian’s <04713> hand <03027> and killed <02026> him with his own spear <02595>.
24Such <0428> were the exploits <06213> of Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, who gained fame <08034> along with the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>.
25He received honor <03513> from <04480> the thirty <07970> warriors, though he <01931> was not <03808> one of the three <07969> elite warriors. David <01732> put <07760> him in charge of <05921> his bodyguard <04928>.
26The mighty <01368> warriors <02428> were: Asahel <06214> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>, Elhanan <0445> son <01121> of Dodo <01734>, from Bethlehem <01035>,
27Shammoth <08054> the Harorite <02033>, Helez <02503> the Pelonite <06397>,
28Ira <05896> son <01121> of Ikkesh <06142> the Tekoite <08621>, Abiezer <044> the Anathothite <06069>,
29Sibbekai <05444> the Hushathite <02843>, Ilai <05866> the Ahohite <0266>,
30Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>, Heled <02466> son <01121> of Baanah <01196> the Netophathite <05200>,
31Ithai <0863> son <01121> <01121> of Ribai <07380> from Gibeah <01390> in Benjaminite <01144> territory, Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>,
32Hurai <02360> from the valleys <05158> of Gaash <01608>, Abiel <022> the Arbathite <06164>,
33Azmaveth <05820> the Baharumite <0978>, Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>,
34the sons <01121> of Hashem <02044> the Gizonite <01493>, Jonathan <03129> son <01121> of Shageh <07681> the Hararite <02043>,
35Ahiam <0279> son <01121> of Sakar <07940> the Hararite <02043>, Eliphal <0465> son <01121> of Ur <0218>,
36Hepher <02660> the Mekerathite <04382>, Ahijah <0281> the Pelonite <06397>,
37Hezro <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Naarai <05293> son <01121> of Ezbai <0229>,
38Joel <03100> the brother <0251> of Nathan <05416>, Mibhar <04006> son <01121> of Hagri <01905>,
39Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai <05171> the Beerothite <01307>, the armor-bearer <03627> <05375> of Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>,
40Ira <05896> the Ithrite <03505>, Gareb <01619> the Ithrite <03505>,
41Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>, Zabad <02066> son <01121> of Achli <0304>,
42Adina <05721> son <01121> of Shiza <07877> the Reubenite <07206>, leader <07218> of the Reubenites <07206> and the thirty <07970> warriors with him,
43Hanan <02605> son <01121> of Maacah <04601>, Joshaphat <03146> the Mithnite <04981>,
44Uzzia <05814> the Ashterathite <06254>, Shama <08091> and Jeiel <03273>, the sons <01121> of Hotham <02369> the Aroerite <06200>,
45Jediael <03043> son <01121> of Shimri <08113>, and Joha <03109> his brother <0251>, the Tizite <08491>,
46Eliel <0447> the Mahavite <04233>, and Jeribai <03403> and Joshaviah <03145>, the sons <01121> of Elnaam <0493>, and Ithmah <03495> the Moabite <04125>,
47Eliel <0447>, and Obed <05744>, and Jaasiel <03300> the Mezobaite <04677>.