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UST 1CH Chapter 11

11 Then the people of Israel came to David at the city of Hebron and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors as you. 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the one who led our Israelite soldiers in battle. You are the one to whom Yahweh our God promised, ‘You will care for my people; you will lead Israel.’ ”

3 So all the Israelite elders came to David at Hebron. There David made an agreement with them with Yahweh as witness. The elders anointed David with oil to set him apart to be the king of the Israelite people, just as Yahweh had previously told the prophet Samuel would happen.

4 David and all the Israelite soldiers went to Jerusalem. Another name for the city was Jebus because the Jebus people group lived in the area. 5 The people in the city said to David, “You will not get in here!” But David and his soldiers captured the fortress there named Zion. Another name for it since then is the City of David.

6 Now, David had said to his soldiers, “Whoever leads our soldiers to defeat the people in Jebus will become the commander of all my army.” Joab son of Zeruiah led the soldiers, so he became the commander.

7 So David moved into the fortress. That is why they named it the City of David. 8 David’s workers rebuilt the city, starting where the land was filled in and extending to the wall that was around the city. Joab’s men repaired the other parts of the city. 9 David became more and more powerful because Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, helped him.

10 Together with all Israel, the leaders of David’s warriors helped establish David’s reign and supported him in becoming king, just as Yahweh had told Israel. 11 David’s warriors included:

Jashobeam was from the Hachmon clan. He was the leader of the officers. One time he fought against 300 enemies and killed them all with his spear.

12 Next was Eleazar son of Dodo, from the clan of Ahoh. He was one of David’s three elite warriors. 13 Once he was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistine soldiers gathered for the battle. There was a field of barley there. At first the Israelite soldiers ran away from the Philistine soldiers, 14 but then they stopped in the middle of the field and fought to defend it. They killed the Philistine soldiers. Yahweh enabled them to win a great victory.

15 One time three of David’s 30 greatest warriors came to David when he was camping next to the huge rock outside the cave near Adullam. At that same time, the Philistine army had camped in the Valley of Rephaim. 16 David was then in a fortress, and some of the Philistine soldiers were occupying Bethlehem. 17 One day David longingly said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem.” 18 So the three greatest warriors forced their way through the Philistine camp and drew some water from that well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out on the ground as an offering to Yahweh. 19 He said, “God would consider it wrong for me to drink this water! That would be like drinking the blood of these men and taking their lives, since they were willing to give their lives for me!” So he refused to drink it.

That was one of the things that David’s three greatest warriors did.

20 Now Joab’s brother Abshai was the leader of the three elite warriors, and he gained fame among those three. One time Abshai fought 300 enemies with his spear, and he killed them all. 21 Among a second group of three elite warriors, he was honored and became their leader, but he was not considered part of the first group of three elite warriors.

22 Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a brave soldier from the city of Kabzeel who did great deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from the Moab people group. One day he went down into a pit in snowy weather and killed a lion. 23 He also killed an Egyptian soldier who was two and one-third meters tall. The Egyptian carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod, but Benaiah fought him with a club. Benaiah grabbed the Egyptian’s spear and killed him with it. 24 Those are some of the things that Benaiah son of Jehoiada did. So he became famous along with the three elite warriors. 25 Indeed, he was more honored than the remainder of the 30 warriors, but he did not become a member of the first group of three warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards.

26 These are the names of the great warriors:

Asahel, brother of Joab;

Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem;

27 Shammoth, from Haror;

Helez, from Pelon;

28 Ira son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa;

Abiezer, from Anathoth;

29 Sibbekai, from Hushah;

Ilai from Ahoh;

30 Maharai, from Netophah;

Heled son of Baanah, from Netophah;

31 Ithai, son of Ribai, from Gibeah which belonged to the descendants of Benjamin;

Benaiah, from Pirathon;

32 Hurai, from the valleys near Mount Gaash;

Abiel from Arabah;

33 Azmaveth, from Baharum;

Eliahba, from Shaalbon;

34 the sons of Hashem from Gizon;

Jonathan son of Shagee from Harar;

35 Ahiam son of Sakar from Harar;

Eliphal son of Ur;

36 Hepher from Mekerath;

Ahijah from Pelon;

37 Hezro from Carmel;

Naarai son of Ezbai;

38 Joel the brother of Nathan;

Mibhar son of Hagri;

39 Zelek from the Ammon people group;

Naharai from Beeroth, the armor bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;

40 Ira from Jattir; Gareb from Jattir;

41 Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, from the Heth people group;

Zabad son of Ahlai;

42 Adina son of Shiza from the tribe of Reuben, a leader from that tribe, who had 30 soldiers with him;

43 Hanan son of Maacah;

Joshaphat from Mithna;

44 Uzzia from Ashterath;

Shama and Jeiel, sons of Hotham, from Aroer.

45 Jediael son of Shimri

and his brother Joha, from Tiz;

46 Eliel from Mahavah;

Jeribai and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam;

Ithmah from Moab;

47 Eliel and Obed,

and Jaasiel from Zobah.

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