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Now these
be the last words of David. David the son of
Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on
high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the
sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
02 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his
word was in my tongue.
03 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel
spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be
just, ruling in the fear of God.
04 And he shall be as the light of the morning,
when the sun riseth, even a morning without
clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the
earth by clear shining after rain.
05 Although my house be not so with God; yet he
hath made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all
my salvation, and all my desire, although he make
it not to grow.
06 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as
thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken
with hands:
07 But the man that shall touch them must be
fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and
they shall be utterly burned with fire in the
same place.
08 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.
09 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:
10 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.
11 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.
12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and
defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the
Lord wrought a great victory.
13 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.
14 And David was then in an hold, and the
garrison of the Philistines was then in
Bethlehem.
15 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!
16 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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17 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.
18 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.
19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore
he was their captain: howbeit he attained not
unto the first three.
20 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:
21 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.
22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and had the name among three mighty men.
23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he
attained not to the first three. And David set
him over his guard.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the
thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite,
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the
Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai
the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of
Benjamin,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks
of Gaash,
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the
Barhumite,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of
Jashen, Jonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar
the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the
Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the
Gilonite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the
Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite,
armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
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