1Chronicles:11:10-47
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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 .
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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 .
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And next to him among the three mighty men was Elea '
zar the son of Dodo ,
the Aho '
hite .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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David was then in the stronghold ;
and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem .
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And David said longingly , "
O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate !"
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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He was the most renowned of the thirty ,
and became their commander ;
but he did not attain to the three .
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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 .
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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 .
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These things did Benai '
ah the son of Jehoi '
ada ,
and won a name beside the three mighty men .
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He was renowned among the thirty ,
but he did not attain to the three .
And David set him over his bodyguard .
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The mighty men of the armies were As '
ahel the brother of Jo '
ab ,
Elha '
nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem ,
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Shammoth of Harod ,
Helez the Pel '
onite ,
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Ira the son of Ikkesh of Teko '
a ,
Abi-e '
zer of An '
athoth ,
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Sib '
becai the Hu '
shathite ,
I '
lai the Aho '
hite ,
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Ma '
harai of Netoph '
ah ,
Heled the son of Ba '
anah of Netoph '
ah ,
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Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib '
e-ah of the Benjaminites ,
Benai '
ah of Pira '
thon ,
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Hurai of the brooks of Ga '
ash ,
Abi '
el the Ar '
bathite ,
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Az '
maveth of Baha '
rum ,
Eli '
ahba of Sha-al '
bon ,
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Hashem the Gi '
zonite ,
Jonathan the son of Shagee the Har '
arite ,
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Ahi '
am the son of Sachar the Har '
arite ,
Eli '
phal the son of Ur ,
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Hepher the Meche '
rathite ,
Ahi '
jah the Pel '
onite ,
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Hezro of Carmel ,
Na '
arai the son of Ezbai ,
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Jo '
el the brother of Nathan ,
Mibhar the son of Hagri ,
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Zelek the Ammonite ,
Na '
harai of Be-er '
oth ,
the armor-bearer of Jo '
ab the son of Zeru '
iah ,
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Ira the Ithrite ,
Gareb the Ithrite ,
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Uri '
ah the Hittite ,
Zabad the son of Ahlai ,
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Ad '
ina the son of Shiza the Reubenite ,
a leader of the Reubenites ,
and thirty with him ,
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Hanan the son of Ma '
acah ,
and Josh '
aphat the Mithnite ,
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Uzzi '
a the Ash '
terathite ,
Shama and Je-i '
el the sons of Hotham the Aro '
erite ,
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Jedi '
a-el the son of Shimri ,
and Joha his brother ,
the Tizite ,
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Eli '
el the Ma '
havite ,
and Jer '
ibai ,
and Joshavi '
ah ,
the sons of El '
na-am ,
and Ithmah the Mo '
abite ,
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Eli '
el ,
and Obed ,
and Ja-asi '
el the Mezo '
ba-ite .