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These are the names of the mighty men whom David had :
Josheb-Basshebeth the Tachmonite ,
chief among the captains .
He was called Adino the Eznite ,
because he had killed eight hundred men 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 who were gathered there for battle ,
and the men of Israel had retreated .
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He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary ,
and his hand stuck to the sword .
The LORD brought about a great victory that day ;
and the people returned after him only to plunder .
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And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite .
The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils .
So the people fled from the Philistines .
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But he stationed himself in the middle of the field ,
defended it ,
and killed the Philistines .
So the LORD brought about a great victory .
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Then three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam .
And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim .
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David was then in the stronghold ,
and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem .
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And David said with longing , "
Oh ,
that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem ,
which is by the gate !"
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So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines ,
drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate ,
and took it and brought it to David .
Nevertheless he would not drink it ,
but poured it out to the LORD .
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And he said , "
Far be it from me ,
O LORD ,
that I should do this !
Is this not the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives ?"
Therefore he would not drink it .
These things were done by the three mighty men .
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Now Abishai the brother of Joab ,
the son of Zeruiah ,
was chief of another three .
He lifted his spear against three hundred men ,
killed them ,
and won a name among these three .
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Was he not the most honored of three ?
Therefore he became their captain .
However ,
he did not attain to the first three .
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Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada ,
the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel ,
who had done many deeds .
He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab .
He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day .
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And he killed an Egyptian ,
a spectacular man .
The Egyptian had a spear in his hand ;
so he went down to him with a staff ,
wrested the spear out of the Egyptian '
s hand ,
and killed him with his own spear .
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These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did ,
and won a name among three mighty men .
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He was more honored than the thirty ,
but he did not attain to the first three .
And David appointed 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 Anathothite ,
Mebunnai the Hushathite ,
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Zalmon the Ahohite ,
Maharai the Netophathite ,
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Heleb the son of Baanah (
the Netophathite ),
Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the children of Benjamin ,
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Benaiah a Pirathonite ,
Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash ,
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Abi-Albon 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 (
armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah ),
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Ira the Ithrite ,
Gareb the Ithrite ,
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and Uriah the Hittite :
thirty-seven in all .