1 Chronicles 11:10-47
David’s Mighty Men
10 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.
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11 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.
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12 And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who [was one] of the three mighties.
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13 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.
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14 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.
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15 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.
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16 And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.
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17 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!
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18 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,
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19 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.
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20 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.
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21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
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22 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.
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23 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.
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24 These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
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25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
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26 Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
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28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
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29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
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30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
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31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, [that pertained] to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
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32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
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33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
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34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
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35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
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36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
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37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
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38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
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39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
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40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
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42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
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43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
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44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
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45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
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46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
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47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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