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2 Sam 23:1

& Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel,

2 Sam 23:2

& "The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.

2 Sam 23:3

& "The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, `He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,

2 Sam 23:4

& Is as the light of the morning {when} the sun rises, A morning without clouds, {When} the tender grass {springs} out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.'

2 Sam 23:5

& "Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all {my} desire, Will He not indeed make {it} grow?

2 Sam 23:6

& "But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;

2 Sam 23:7

& But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in {their} place."

2 Sam 23:8

& These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was {called} Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain {by him} at one time;

2 Sam 23:9

& 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mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.

2 Sam 23:10

& He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip {the slain.}

2 Sam 23:11

& Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.

2 Sam 23:12

& But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory.

2 Sam 23:13

& Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Sam 23:14

& David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

2 Sam 23:15

& David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!"

2 Sam 23:16

& So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which 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;

2 Sam 23:17

& and he said, "Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. {Shall I drink} the blood of the men who went in {jeopardy} of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

2 Sam 23:18

& Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed {them,} and had a name as well as the three.

2 Sam 23:19

& He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three.

2 Sam 23:20

& Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two {sons of} Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

2 Sam 23:21

& He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian {had} a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

2 Sam 23:22

& These {things} Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.

2 Sam 23:23

& He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.