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* Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron , and said , "Behold , we are your bone and flesh . * In times past , even when Saul was king , it was you that led out and brought in Israel ; and the LORD your God said to you , `You shall be shepherd of my people Israel , and you shall be prince over my people Israel .'" * So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron ; and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD , and they anointed David king over Israel , according to the word of the LORD by Samuel . * And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem , that is Jebus , where the Jeb 'usites were , the inhabitants of the land . * The inhabitants of Jebus said to David , "You will not come in here ." Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion , that is , the city of David . * David said , "Whoever shall smite the Jeb 'usites first shall be chief and commander ." And Jo 'ab the son of Zeru 'iah went up first , so he became chief . * And David dwelt in the stronghold ; therefore it was called the city of David . * And he built the city round about from the Millo in complete circuit ; and Jo 'ab repaired the rest of the city . * And David became greater and greater , for the LORD of hosts was with him . * Now these are the chiefs of David 's mighty men , who gave him strong support in his kingdom , together with all Israel , to make him king , according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel . * This is an account of David 's mighty men : Jasho 'be-am , a Hach 'monite , was chief of the three ; he wielded his spear against three hundred whom he slew at one time . * And next to him among the three mighty men was Elea 'zar the son of Dodo , the Aho 'hite . * He was with David at Pas-dam 'mim when the Philistines were gathered there for battle . There was a plot of ground full of barley , and the men fled from the Philistines . * But he took his stand in the midst of the plot , and defended it , and slew the Philistines ; and the LORD saved them by a great victory . * Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adullam , when the army of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Reph 'aim . * David was then in the stronghold ; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem . * And David said longingly , "O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate !" * Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines , and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate , and took and brought it to David . But David would not drink of it ; he poured it out to the LORD , * and said , "Far be it from me before my God that I should do this . Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men ? For at the risk of their lives they brought it ." Therefore he would not drink it . These things did the three mighty men . * Now Abi 'shai , the brother of Jo 'ab , was chief of the thirty . And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them , and won a name beside the three . * He was the most renowned of the thirty , and became their commander ; but he did not attain to the three . * And Benai 'ah the son of Jehoi 'ada was a valiant man of Kabzeel , a doer of great deeds ; he smote two ariels of Moab . He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen . * And he slew an Egyptian , a man of great stature , five cubits tall . The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver 's beam ; but Benai 'ah went down to him with a staff , and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian 's hand , and slew him with his own spear . * These things did Benai 'ah the son of Jehoi 'ada , and won a name beside the three mighty men . * He was renowned among the thirty , but he did not attain to the three . And David set him over his bodyguard . * The mighty men of the armies were As 'ahel the brother of Jo 'ab , Elha 'nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem , * Shammoth of Harod , Helez the Pel 'onite , * Ira the son of Ikkesh of Teko 'a , Abi-e 'zer of An 'athoth , * Sib 'becai the Hu 'shathite , I 'lai the Aho 'hite , * Ma 'harai of Netoph 'ah , Heled the son of Ba 'anah of Netoph 'ah , * Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib 'e-ah of the Benjaminites , Benai 'ah of Pira 'thon , * Hurai of the brooks of Ga 'ash , Abi 'el the Ar 'bathite , * Az 'maveth of Baha 'rum , Eli 'ahba of Sha-al 'bon , * Hashem the Gi 'zonite , Jonathan the son of Shagee the Har 'arite , * Ahi 'am the son of Sachar the Har 'arite , Eli 'phal the son of Ur , * Hepher the Meche 'rathite , Ahi 'jah the Pel 'onite , * Hezro of Carmel , Na 'arai the son of Ezbai , * Jo 'el the brother of Nathan , Mibhar the son of Hagri , * Zelek the Ammonite , Na 'harai of Be-er 'oth , the armor-bearer of Jo 'ab the son of Zeru 'iah , * Ira the Ithrite , Gareb the Ithrite , * Uri 'ah the Hittite , Zabad the son of Ahlai , * Ad 'ina the son of Shiza the Reubenite , a leader of the Reubenites , and thirty with him , * Hanan the son of Ma 'acah , and Josh 'aphat the Mithnite , * Uzzi 'a the Ash 'terathite , Shama and Je-i 'el the sons of Hotham the Aro 'erite , * Jedi 'a-el the son of Shimri , and Joha his brother , the Tizite , * Eli 'el the Ma 'havite , and Jer 'ibai , and Joshavi 'ah , the sons of El 'na-am , and Ithmah the Mo 'abite , * Eli 'el , and Obed , and Ja-asi 'el the Mezo 'ba-ite .

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