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These be the names of the mighty men whom David had :
The Tachmonite that sat in the seat ,
chief among the captains ;
the same was Adino the Eznite :
he lift up his spear against eight hundred ,
whom he slew at one time .
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And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite ,
one of the three mighty men with David ,
when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle ,
and the men of Israel were gone away :
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He arose ,
and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary ,
and his hand clave unto the sword :
and the LORD wrought a great victory that day ;
and the people returned after him only to spoil .
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And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite .
And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop ,
where was a piece of ground full of lentiles :
and the people fled from the Philistines .
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But he stood in the midst of the ground ,
and defended it ,
and slew the Philistines :
and the LORD wrought a great victory .
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And three of the thirty chief went down ,
and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam :
and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim .
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And David was then in an hold ,
and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem .
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And David longed ,
and said ,
Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem ,
which is by the gate !
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And the three mighty men 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 :
nevertheless he would not drink thereof ,
but poured it out unto the LORD .
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And he said ,
Be it far from me ,
O LORD ,
that I should do this :
is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives ?
therefore he would not drink it .
These things did these three mighty men .
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And Abishai ,
the brother of Joab ,
the son of Zeruiah ,
was chief among three .
And he lifted up his spear against three hundred ,
and slew them ,
and had the name among three .
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Was he not most honourable of three ?
therefore he was their captain :
howbeit he attained not unto the first three .
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And 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 :
he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow :
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And he slew an Egyptian ,
a goodly man :
and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand ;
but 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 .
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These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
and had the name among three mighty men .
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He was more honourable than the thirty ,
but he attained not to the first three .
And David set him over his guard .
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Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty ;
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem ,
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Shammah the Harodite ,
Elika the Harodite ,
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Helez the Paltite ,
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite ,
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Abiezer the Anethothite ,
Mebunnai the Hushathite ,
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Zalmon the Ahohite ,
Maharai the Netophathite ,
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Heleb the son of Baanah ,
a Netophathite ,
Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin ,
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Benaiah the Pirathonite ,
Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash ,
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Abialbon the Arbathite ,
Azmaveth the Barhumite ,
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Eliahba the Shaalbonite ,
of the sons of Jashen ,
Jonathan ,
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Shammah the Hararite ,
Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite ,
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Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai ,
the son of the Maachathite ,
Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite ,
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Hezrai the Carmelite ,
Paarai the Arbite ,
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Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah ,
Bani the Gadite ,
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Zelek the Ammonite ,
Naharai the Beerothite ,
armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah ,
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Ira an Ithrite ,
Gareb an Ithrite ,
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Uriah the Hittite :
thirty and seven in all .