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Then all Israel[H3478]gathered[H6908] themselves to David[H1732] unto Hebron[H2275], saying[H559], Behold, we are thy bone[H6106] and thy flesh[H1320].
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And moreover in[H935]time[H8543]past[H8032], even when Saul[H7586] was king[H4428], thou wast he that leddest out[H3318] and broughtest in[H935]Israel[H3478]: and the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]said[H559] unto thee, Thou shalt feed[H7462] my people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and thou shalt be ruler[H5057] over my people[H1571]Israel[H3478].
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Therefore came[H935] all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478] to the king[H4428] to Hebron[H2275]; and David[H1732]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with them in Hebron[H2275]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]; and they anointed[H4886]David[H1732]king[H4428] over Israel[H3478], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]by[H3027]Samuel[H8050].
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And David[H1732] and all Israel[H3478]went[H3212] to Jerusalem[H3389], which is Jebus[H2982]; where the Jebusites[H2983] were, the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776].
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And the inhabitants[H3427] of Jebus[H2982]said[H559] to David[H1732], Thou shalt not come[H935] hither. Nevertheless David[H1732]took[H3920] the castle[H4686] of Zion[H6726], which is the city[H5892] of David[H1732].
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And David[H1732]said[H559], Whosoever smiteth[H5221] the Jebusites[H2983]first[H7223] shall be chief[H7218] and captain[H8269]. So Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870]went[H5927]first[H7223]up[H5927], and was chief[H7218].
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And David[H1732]dwelt[H3427] in the castle[H4679]; therefore they called[H7121] it the city[H5892] of David[H1732].
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And he built[H1129] the city[H5892] round about[H5439], even from Millo[H4407] round about[H5439]: and Joab[H3097]repaired[H2421] the rest[H7605] of the city[H5892].
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So David[H1732]waxed[H3212]greater[H1980] and greater[H1419]: for the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] was with him.
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These also are the chief[H7218] of the mighty men[H1368] whom David[H1732] had, who strengthened[H2388] themselves with him in his kingdom[H4438], and with all Israel[H3478], to make him king[H4427], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] concerning Israel[H3478].
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And this is the number[H4557] of the mighty men[H1368] whom David[H1732] had; Jashobeam[H3434], an Hachmonite[H2453], the chief[H7218] of the captains[H7991]: he lifted up[H5782] his spear[H2595] against three[H7969]hundred[H3967]slain[H2491] by him at one[H259]time[H6471].
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And after[H310] him was Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Dodo[H1734], the Ahohite[H266], who was one of the three[H7969]mighties[H1368].
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He was with David[H1732] at Pasdammim[H6450], and there the Philistines[H6430] were gathered together[H622] to battle[H4421], where was a parcel[H2513] of ground[H7704]full[H4392] of barley[H8184]; and the people[H5971]fled[H5127] from before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430].
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And they set[H3320] themselves in the midst[H8432] of that parcel[H2513], and delivered[H5337] it, and slew[H5221] the Philistines[H6430]; and the LORD[H3068]saved[H3467] them by a great[H1419]deliverance[H8668].
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Now three[H7969] of the thirty[H7970]captains[H7218] went down[H3381] to the rock[H6697] to David[H1732], into the cave[H4631] of Adullam[H5725]; and the host[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430]encamped[H2583] in the valley[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497].
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And David[H1732] was then in the hold[H4686], and the Philistines[H6430]' garrison[H5333] was then at Bethlehem[H1035].
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And David[H1732]longed[H183], and said[H559], Oh that one would give me drink[H8248] of the water[H4325] of the well[H953] of Bethlehem[H1035], that is at the gate[H8179]!
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And the three[H7969] brake through[H1234] the host[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430], and drew[H7579]water[H4325]out[H5258] of the well[H953] of Bethlehem[H1035], that was by the gate[H8179], and took[H5375] it, and brought[H935] it to David[H1732]: but David[H1732]would[H14] not drink[H8354] of it, but poured it out[H5258] to the LORD[H3068],
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And said[H559], My God[H430]forbid[H2486] it me, that I should do[H6213] this thing[H2063]: shall I drink[H8354] the blood[H1818] of these men[H582] that have put their lives[H5315] in jeopardy?[H5315] for with the jeopardy[H5315] of their lives[H5315] they brought[H935] it. Therefore he would[H14] not drink[H8354] it. These things did[H6213] these three[H7969]mightiest[H1368].
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And Abishai[H52] the brother[H251] of Joab[H3097], he was chief[H7218] of the three[H7969]: for lifting up[H5782] his spear[H2595] against three[H7969]hundred[H3967], he slew[H2491] them, and had a name[H8034] among the three[H7969].
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Of the three[H7969], he was more honourable[H3513] than the two[H8147]; for he was their captain[H8269]: howbeit he attained[H935] not to the first three[H7969].
22Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], the son[H1121] of a valiant[H2428]man[H376] of Kabzeel[H6909], who had done many[H7227]acts[H6467]; he slew[H5221]two[H8147] lionlike men[H739] of Moab[H4124]: also he went down[H3381] and slew[H5221] a lion[H738]in[H8432] a pit[H953]in[H8432] a snowy[H7950]day[H3117].
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And he slew[H5221] an Egyptian[H4713], a man[H376] of great stature[H4060], five[H2568]cubits[H520] high; and in the Egyptian[H4713]'s hand[H3027] was a spear[H2595] like a weaver's beam[H4500]; and he went down[H3381] to him with a staff[H7626], and plucked[H1497] the spear[H2595] out of the Egyptian[H4713]'s hand[H3027], and slew[H2026] him with his own spear[H2595].
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These things did[H6213]Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], and had the name[H8034] among the three[H7969]mighties[H1368].
25Behold[H2009], he was honourable[H3513] among the thirty[H7970], but attained[H935] not to the first three[H7969]: and David[H1732]set[H7760] him over his guard[H4928].
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Also the valiant men[H1368] of the armies[H2428] were, Asahel[H6214] the brother[H251] of Joab[H3097], Elhanan[H445] the son[H1121] of Dodo[H1734] of Bethlehem[H1035],
27Shammoth[H8054] the Harorite[H2033], Helez[H2503] the Pelonite[H6397],
28Ira[H5896] the son[H1121] of Ikkesh[H6142] the Tekoite[H8621], Abiezer[H44] the Antothite[H6069],
29Sibbecai[H5444] the Hushathite[H2843], Ilai[H5866] the Ahohite[H266],
30Maharai[H4121] the Netophathite[H5200], Heled[H2466] the son[H1121] of Baanah[H1196] the Netophathite[H5200],
31Ithai[H863] the son[H1121] of Ribai[H7380] of Gibeah[H1390], that pertained to the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144], Benaiah[H1141] the Pirathonite[H6553],
32Hurai[H2360] of the brooks[H5158] of Gaash[H1608], Abiel[H22] the Arbathite[H6164],
33Azmaveth[H5820] the Baharumite[H978], Eliahba[H455] the Shaalbonite[H8170],
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The sons[H1121] of Hashem[H2044] the Gizonite[H1493], Jonathan[H3129] the son[H1121] of Shage[H7681] the Hararite[H2043],
35Ahiam[H279] the son[H1121] of Sacar[H7940] the Hararite[H2043], Eliphal[H465] the son[H1121] of Ur[H218],
36Hepher[H2660] the Mecherathite[H4382], Ahijah[H281] the Pelonite[H6397],
37Hezro[H2695] the Carmelite[H3761], Naarai[H5293] the son[H1121] of Ezbai[H229],
38Joel[H3100] the brother[H251] of Nathan[H5416], Mibhar[H4006] the son[H1121] of Haggeri[H1905],
39Zelek[H6768] the Ammonite[H5984], Naharai[H5171] the Berothite[H1307], the armourbearer[H5375] of Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870],
40Ira[H5896] the Ithrite[H3505], Gareb[H1619] the Ithrite[H3505],
41Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850], Zabad[H2066] the son[H1121] of Ahlai[H304],
42Adina[H5721] the son[H1121] of Shiza[H7877] the Reubenite[H7206], a captain[H7218] of the Reubenites[H7206], and thirty[H7970] with him,
43Hanan[H2605] the son[H1121] of Maachah[H4601], and Joshaphat[H3146] the Mithnite[H4981],
44Uzzia[H5814] the Ashterathite[H6254], Shama[H8091] and Jehiel[H3273] the sons[H1121] of Hothan[H2369] the Aroerite[H6200],
45Jediael[H3043] the son[H1121] of Shimri[H8113], and Joha[H3109] his brother[H251], the Tizite[H8491],
46Eliel[H447] the Mahavite[H4233], and Jeribai[H3403], and Joshaviah[H3145], the sons[H1121] of Elnaam[H493], and Ithmah[H3495] the Moabite[H4125],
47Eliel[H447], and Obed[H5744], and Jasiel[H3300] the Mesobaite[H4677].