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1 Chronicles 11 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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David Made King over All Israel

(2Sa 5:1–3 )

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[fn]Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - “In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and you shall be prince and leader over My people Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant (solemn agreement) with them there before the LORD; and they anointed him king over Israel, in accordance with the word of the LORD through Samuel.

Jerusalem, Capital City

(2Sa 5:6–10 )

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Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - Then the Jebusites said to David, “You shall not come in here.” But David captured the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - Now David said, “Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander.” Joab the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister] went up first, and so he was made chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7 - Then David lived in the stronghold; so it was called the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8 - He built the city around it, from the Millo (fortification) to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the [old Jebusite] city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:9 - David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.

David’s Mighty Men

(2Sa 23:8–39 )

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Now these are the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who strongly supported him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, in accordance with the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty [heroes]. He lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed at one time.

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Next to him [in rank] was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:13 - He was with David at Pasdammim [where David had killed Goliath] and there the Philistines were gathered together for battle, and there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people [of Israel] fled before the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:14 - But they took their stand in the midst of that plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD rescued them by a great victory.

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Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is next to the gate!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - Then the three [mighty men] broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was next to the gate, and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; he poured it out to the LORD [as an offering];

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and he said, “Far be it from me before my God that I would do this thing! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For they brought it at the risk of their lives.” So he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the [other] [fn]three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and he had a name as well as the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Of the three in the second [rank] he was the most honored and became their captain; however, he did not attain to the first three [Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah].

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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a courageous man of Kabzeel who had done great things, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also he went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He killed an Egyptian also, a man of great stature, five [fn]cubits tall. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, and Benaiah went down to him with [only] a staff (rod) and grabbed the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25 - He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to [the rank of] the [first] three. David appointed him over his bodyguard.

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Now the mighty men of the armies were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:27 - Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:28 - Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:29 - Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:30 - Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:32 - Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:33 - Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:34 - the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:35 - Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:36 - Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:37 - Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:38 - Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister],

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:40 - Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:41 - Uriah the Hittite [Bathsheba’s husband], Zabad the son of Ahlai,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:42 - Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty [heroes] with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:43 - Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:44 - Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri, and his brother Joha, the Tizite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:46 - Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:47 - Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
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AMP Footnotes
Saul’s son, Ish-bosheth, ruled over the tribes of Israel for two tumultuous years after his father’s death. His assassination (2 Sam 4) triggered Israel’s appeal to David.
So with MT, LXX; Syr thirty.
I.e. one cubit is approximately 18 in.
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