Dual Panel1These <0428> are the final <0314> words <01697> of David <01732>: “The oracle <05002> of David <01732> son <01121> of Jesse <03448>, the oracle <05002> of the man <01397> raised up <06965> as the ruler <05920> chosen <04899> by the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>, Israel’s <03478> beloved <05273> singer of songs <02158>:
2The Lord’s <03068> spirit <07307> spoke <01696> through me; his word <04405> was on <05921> my tongue <03956>.
3The God <0430> of Israel <03478> spoke <0559>, the protector <06697> of Israel <03478> spoke <01696> to me. The one who rules <04910> fairly <06662> among men <0120>, the one who rules <04910> in the fear <03374> of God <0430>,
4is like the light <0216> of morning <01242> when the sun <08121> comes up <02224>, a morning <01242> in which there are no <03808> clouds <05645>. He is like the brightness <05051> after rain <04306> that produces grass <01877> from the earth <0776>.
5My dynasty <01004> is approved by <05973> God <0410>, for <03588> he has made <07760> a perpetual <05769> covenant <01285> with me, arranged <06186> in all <03605> its particulars and secured <08104>. He always delivers <03468> me, and brings all <03605> I desire <02656> to fruition <06779>.
6But evil <01100> people are like thorns <06975>– all <03605> of them are tossed away <05074>, for <03588> they cannot <03808> be held <03947> in the hand <03027>.
7The one <0376> who touches <05060> them must use <04390> an iron <01270> instrument or the wooden shaft <06086> of a spear <02595>. They are completely burned up <08313> <08313> right where they lie <07675>!”
8These <0428> are the names <08034> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368>: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite <08461>, was head <07218> of the officers <07991>. He killed <02491> eight <08083> hundred <03967> men with his spear <06112> in one <0259> battle.
9Next in command <0310> was Eleazar <0499> son <01121> of Dodo <01734>, the son <01121> of Ahohi <0266>. He was one of the three <07969> warriors <01368> who were with <05973> David <01732> when they defied <02778> the Philistines <06430> who were assembled <0622> there <08033> for battle <04421>. When the men <0376> of Israel <03478> retreated <05927>,
10he <01931> stood <06965> his ground and fought <05221> the Philistines <06430> until <05704> his hand <03027> grew so tired <03021> that <03588> it seemed stuck <01692> to <0413> his sword <02719>. The Lord <03068> gave <06213> a great <01419> victory <08668> on that day <03117>. When the army <05971> returned <07725> to him <01931>, the only <0389> thing left <0310> to do was to plunder <06584> the corpses.
11Next in command <0310> was Shammah <08037> son <01121> of Agee <089> the Hararite <02043>. When the Philistines <06430> assembled <0622> at Lehi, where there <08033> happened <01961> to be an area <02513> of a field <07704> that was full <04395> of lentils <05742>, the army <05971> retreated <05127> before <06440> the Philistines <06430>.
12But he made <03320> a stand <03320> in the middle <08432> of that area <02513>. He defended <05337> it and defeated <05221> the Philistines <06430>; the Lord <03068> gave <06213> them a great <01419> victory <08668>.
13At the time of the harvest <07105> three <07970> of the thirty <07970> leaders <07218> went down <03381> to <0413> David <01732> at <0413> the cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>. A band <02416> of Philistines <06430> was camped <02583> in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.
14David <01732> was in the stronghold <04686> at the time <0227> <0227>, while a Philistine <06430> garrison <04673> was in Bethlehem <01035>.
15David <01732> was thirsty <0183> and said <0559>, “How <04310> I wish someone would give me some water <04325> to drink <08248> from the cistern <0877> in Bethlehem <01035> near the gate <08179>!”
16So the three <07969> elite warriors <01368> broke through <01234> the Philistine <06430> forces <04264> and drew <07579> some water <04325> from the cistern <0877> in Bethlehem <01035> near the gate <08179>. They carried <05375> it back <0935> to <0413> David <01732>, but he refused <014> <03808> to drink <08354> it. He poured <05258> it out <05258> as a drink offering to the Lord <03068>
17and said <0559>, “O Lord <03068>, I will not <02486> do <06213> this <02063>! It is equivalent to the blood <01818> of the men <0582> who risked their lives <05315> by going <01980>.” So he refused <014> <03808> to drink <08354> it. Such <0428> were the exploits <06213> of the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>.
18Abishai <052> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>, was <01931> head <07218> of the three <07992>. He <01931> killed <02491> three <07969> hundred <03967> men with his spear <02595> and gained <05782> fame <08034> among the three <07969>.
19From <04480> the three <07969> he was given honor <03513> and he became <01961> their officer <08269>, even though he was not <03808> one of the three <07969>.
20Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoida <03077> was a brave warrior <0376> <01121> from Kabzeel <06909> who performed <02416> great <07227> exploits <06467>. He <01931> struck down <05221> the two <08147> sons of Ariel <0739> of Moab <04124>. He <01931> also went down <03381> and killed <05221> a lion <0738> in <08432> a cistern <0953> on a snowy <07950> day <03117>.
21He <01931> also killed <05221> an impressive-looking <04758> Egyptian <04713> <0376>. The Egyptian <04713> wielded <03027> a spear <02595>, while 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>.
22Such <0428> were the exploits <06213> of Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoida <03077>, who gained fame <08034> among the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>.
23He received honor <03513> from <04480> the thirty <07970> warriors, though he was not <03808> one of the three <07969> elite warriors. David <01732> put <07760> him in charge of <0413> his bodyguard <04928>.
24Included with the thirty <07970> were the following: Asahel <06214> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>, Elhanan <0445> son <01121> of Dodo <01734> from Bethlehem <01035>,
25Shammah <08048> the Harodite <02733>, Elika <0470> the Harodite <02733>,
26Helez <02503> the Paltite <06407>, Ira <05896> son <01121> of Ikkesh <06142> from Tekoa <08621>,
27Abiezer <044> the Anathothite <06069>, Mebunnai <04012> the Hushathite <02843>,
28Zalmon <06756> the Ahohite <0266>, Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>,
29Heled <02460> son <01121> of Baanah <01196> the Netophathite <05200>, Ittai <0863> son <01121> of Ribai <07380> from Gibeah <01390> in Benjamin <01144>,
30Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, Hiddai <01914> from the wadis <05158> of Gaash <01608>,
31Abi-Albon <045> the Arbathite <06164>, Azmaveth <05820> the Barhumite <01273>,
32Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>, the sons <01121> of Jashen <03464>, Jonathan <03083>
33son of Shammah <08048> the Hararite <02043>, Ahiam <0279> son <01121> of Sharar <08325> the Hararite <02043>,
34Eliphelet <0467> son <01121> <01121> of Ahasbai <0308> the Maacathite <04602>, Eliam <0463> son <01121> of Ahithophel <0302> the Gilonite <01526>,
35Hezrai <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Paarai <06474> the Arbite <0701>,
36Igal <03008> son <01121> of Nathan <05416> from Zobah <06678>, Bani <01137> the Gadite <01425>,
37Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai <05171> the Beerothite <0886> (the armor-bearer <03627> <05375> of Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>),
38Ira <05896> the Ithrite <03505>, Gareb <01619> the Ithrite <03505>
39and Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>. Altogether <03605> there were thirty-seven <07651> <07970>.