SECOND
SAMUEL
2 Samuel Chapter 23
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¶ Now these are the last words of David. David
the son of Jesse, the man who was raised up, and anointed by the God of
Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
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The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue.
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The God of
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And he will be as the light of the rising sun, on a morning
without clouds; as tender grass springing out of the earth
glistening after the rain.
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Does not my house truly stand with God? for he has
made an everlasting covenant with me, ordered in all things, and sure.
Will he not bring about my salvation, and cause all that I desire to prosper.
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But the sons of Belial will all be as thorns that are
thrown away, because they cannot be gathered with hands:
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But the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a
spear; and they will be utterly consumed with fire on the spot.
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¶ These are the names of the mighty men whom
David had: The first was Josheb-basshebeth a Tachmonite who was chief among the captains; known also as Adino the Eznite: he wielded
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 assembled there for battle, and the men of
Israel withdrew:
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He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand
clung to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the
people rallied behind him only to take spoil.
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And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together as a
troop, on a piece of ground full of lentils: 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 men went down to David at the harvest time
to the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the
Philistines camped in the valley of Rephaim.
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And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was
then in Bethlehem.
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And David expressed longing, saying, Oh that one would
give me a drink of the water from the well that is by the gate of
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And the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew
water from the well that is by the gate of Bethlehem, and took it, and
brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink of it, but poured
it out to the LORD.
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And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should
drink this: is not this the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of
their lives? therefore he would not drink it. Those
three mighty men did these things.
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Now Abishai, the brother of Joab,
the son of Zeruiah, was chief among thirty. And he
lifted up his spear against three hundred men, and slew them,
and won a name among the three.
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Was he not most renowned of thirty? therefore he was
their captain: however he did not attain to 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 also
went down and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
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And he slew an Egyptian, a handsome 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 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
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He was more renowned than the thirty, but he did not attain 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, armorbearer
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.