2 Samuel 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

“The Spirit ^H7307 of Yahweh ^H3068 spoke ^H1696 by me,

And His word ^H4405 was on my tongue ^H3956.

“The God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478 said ^H559,

The Rock ^H6697 of Israel ^H3478 spoke ^H1696 to me,

‘He who rules ^H4910 over men ^H120 as a righteous ^H6662 one,

Who rules ^H4910 in the fear ^H3374 of God ^H430,

Is as the light ^H216 of the morning ^H1242 when the sun ^H8121 rises ^H2224,

A morning ^H1242 without ^H3808 clouds ^H5645,

From ^H4480 brightness ^H5051 of the sun after ^H4480 rain ^H4306.’

With the tender ^H1877 grass ^H1877 springing from the earth ^H776,

[fn]Truly ^H3588 is not my house ^H1004 so ^H3651 with God ^H410?

For He has made ^H7760 an everlasting ^H5769 covenant ^H1285 with me,

Ordered ^H6186 in all ^H3605 things ^H3605, and secured ^H8104;

For all ^H3605 my salvation ^H3468 and all ^H3605 my desire ^H2656,

Will He not indeed ^H3588 make it grow ^H6779?

“But the vile ^H1100 men, every ^H3605 one ^H3605 of them will be thrust ^H5074 away ^H5074 like thorns ^H6975,

Because ^H3588 they cannot ^H3808 be taken ^H3947 in hand ^H3027;

But the man ^H376 who touches ^H5060 them

Must be [fn]armed ^H4390 with iron ^H1270 and the shaft ^H6086 of a spear ^H2595,

And they will be completely ^H8313 burned ^H8313 with fire ^H784 where they sit ^H7675.”

These ^H428 are the names ^H8034 of the mighty ^H1368 men ^H1368 whom ^H834 David ^H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth ^H3429 a Tahchemonite ^H8461, chief ^H7218 of the [fn]captains ^H7991, he was called Adino ^H5722 the Eznite ^H6112, because ^H5921 of eight ^H8083 hundred ^H3967 slain ^H2491 by him at one ^H259 time ^H6471;

Now after ^H310 him was Shammah ^H8048 the son ^H1121 of Agee ^H89 a Hararite ^H2043. And the Philistines ^H6430 were gathered ^H622 [fn]into a troop ^H2416 where ^H8033 there ^H8033 was a portion ^H2513 of the field ^H7704 full ^H4392 of lentils ^H5742; and the people ^H5971 fled ^H5127 from before the Philistines ^H6430.

Then three ^H7969 of the thirty ^H7970 chief ^H7218 men ^H7218 went ^H3381 down ^H3381 and came ^H935 to David ^H1732 in ^H935 the harvest ^H7105 time ^H7105 to the cave ^H4631 of Adullam ^H5725, while the troop ^H2416 of the Philistines ^H6430 was camping ^H2583 in the valley ^H6010 of Rephaim ^H7497.

Now Abishai ^H52, the brother ^H251 of Joab ^H3097, the son ^H1121 of Zeruiah ^H6870, was chief ^H7218 of the [fn]thirty ^H7992. And he swung ^H5782 his spear ^H2595 against ^H5921 three ^H7969 hundred ^H3967 [fn]who were slain ^H2491 by him; and he had a name ^H8034 as well as the three ^H7969.

Then Benaiah ^H1141 the son ^H1121 of Jehoiada ^H3077, the son ^H1121 of a valiant ^H2428 man ^H376 of Kabzeel ^H6909, mighty ^H7227 in deeds ^H6467, struck ^H5221 down ^H5221 the [fn]two ^H8147 sons of Ariel ^H739 of Moab ^H4124. He also went ^H3381 down ^H3381 and struck ^H5221 down ^H5221 a lion ^H738 in the midst ^H8432 of a pit ^H877 on a snowy ^H7950 day ^H3117.

Asahel ^H6214 the brother ^H251 of Joab ^H3097 was among the thirty ^H7970; Elhanan ^H445 the son ^H1121 of Dodo ^H1734 of Bethlehem ^H1035,