1 Chronicles 11:10–47

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, ↦to make him king, ↦according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.⇉⇇

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; ↦Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.⇇

And after him was ↦Eleazar the son of Dodo, the ↦Ahohite, who was one of ↦the three mighties.⇉⇇

He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.⇉⇇

And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; ↦and the LORD saved them by a great ↦deliverance.⇇

Now three ↦of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into ↦the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped ↦in the valley of ↦Rephaim.⇇

And David was then ↦in the hold, and ↦the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.⇇

And David ↦longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ↦of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!⇇

And the three ↦brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but ↦poured it out to the LORD,⇇

And said, ↦My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: ↦shall I drink the blood of these men ↦that have put their lives ↦in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.⇇

And ↦Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.⇇

Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: ↦howbeit he attained not to the first three.⇇

↦Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of ↦Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and ↦slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.⇉⇇

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, ↦five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was ↦a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and ↦slew him with his own spear.⇇

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.⇇

Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and ↦David set him over his guard.⇇

Also the valiant men of the armies were, ↦Asahel the brother of Joab, ↦Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,⇇

↦Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the ↦Pelonite,⇇

↦Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the ↦Antothite,⇇

↦Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,⇇

↦Maharai the Netophathite, ↦Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,⇉⇇

↦Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,⇇

↦Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,⇉⇇

Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,⇇

The sons of ↦Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,⇇

Ahiam the son of ↦Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,⇉⇇

Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,⇇

↦Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,⇇

↦Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,⇇

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,⇇

Ira the ↦Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,⇇

↦Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,⇇

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,⇇

Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,⇇

Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,⇇

Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,⇇

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,⇇

Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.⇇