1 Chronicles 11 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

David Made King over All Israel

(2Sa 5:1–3 )

1Ch 11:1Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron, and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

1Ch 11:2In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you that led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD your God said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.'"

1Ch 11:3

1Ch 11:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

Jerusalem, Capital City

(2Sa 5:6–10 )

1Ch 11:4

1Ch 11:4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is Jebus, where the Jeb'usites were, the inhabitants of the land.

1Ch 11:5

1Ch 11:5The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You will not come in here." Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

1Ch 11:6

1Ch 11:6David said, "Whoever shall smite the Jeb'usites first shall be chief and commander." And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah went up first, so he became chief.

1Ch 11:7

1Ch 11:7And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.

1Ch 11:8

1Ch 11:8And he built the city round about from the Millo in complete circuit; and Jo'ab repaired the rest of the city.

1Ch 11:9

1Ch 11:9And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.

David's Mighty Men

(2Sa 23:8–39 )

1Ch 11:10

1Ch 11:10Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

1Ch 11:11

1Ch 11:11This is an account of David's mighty men: Jasho'be-am, a Hach'monite, was chief of the three; he wielded his spear against three hundred whom he slew at one time.

1Ch 11:12

1Ch 11:12And next to him among the three mighty men was Elea'zar the son of Dodo, the Aho'hite.

1Ch 11:13

1Ch 11:13He was with David at Pas-dam'mim when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines.

1Ch 11:14

1Ch 11:14But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory.

1Ch 11:15

1Ch 11:15Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adullam, when the army of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Reph'aim.

1Ch 11:16

1Ch 11:16David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

1Ch 11:17

1Ch 11:17And David said longingly, "O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!"

1Ch 11:18

1Ch 11:18Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the LORD,

1Ch 11:19

1Ch 11:19and said, "Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

1Ch 11:20

1Ch 11:20Now Abi'shai, the brother of Jo'ab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.

1Ch 11:21

1Ch 11:21He was the most renowned of the thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.

1Ch 11:22

1Ch 11:22And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

1Ch 11:23

1Ch 11:23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver's beam; but Benai'ah went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

1Ch 11:24

1Ch 11:24These things did Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.

1Ch 11:25

1Ch 11:25He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.

1Ch 11:26

1Ch 11:26The mighty men of the armies were As'ahel the brother of Jo'ab, Elha'nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1Ch 11:27

1Ch 11:27Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pel'onite,

1Ch 11:28

1Ch 11:28Ira the son of Ikkesh of Teko'a, Abi-e'zer of An'athoth,

1Ch 11:29

1Ch 11:29Sib'becai the Hu'shathite, I'lai the Aho'hite,

1Ch 11:30

1Ch 11:30Ma'harai of Netoph'ah, Heled the son of Ba'anah of Netoph'ah,

1Ch 11:31

1Ch 11:31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib'e-ah of the Benjaminites, Benai'ah of Pira'thon,

1Ch 11:32

1Ch 11:32Hurai of the brooks of Ga'ash, Abi'el the Ar'bathite,

1Ch 11:33

1Ch 11:33Az'maveth of Baha'rum, Eli'ahba of Sha-al'bon,

1Ch 11:34

1Ch 11:34Hashem the Gi'zonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Har'arite,

1Ch 11:35

1Ch 11:35Ahi'am the son of Sachar the Har'arite, Eli'phal the son of Ur,

1Ch 11:36

1Ch 11:36Hepher the Meche'rathite, Ahi'jah the Pel'onite,

1Ch 11:37

1Ch 11:37Hezro of Carmel, Na'arai the son of Ezbai,

1Ch 11:38

1Ch 11:38Jo'el the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

1Ch 11:39

1Ch 11:39Zelek the Ammonite, Na'harai of Be-er'oth, the armor-bearer of Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah,

1Ch 11:40

1Ch 11:40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

1Ch 11:41

1Ch 11:41Uri'ah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

1Ch 11:42

1Ch 11:42Ad'ina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

1Ch 11:43

1Ch 11:43Hanan the son of Ma'acah, and Josh'aphat the Mithnite,

1Ch 11:44

1Ch 11:44Uzzi'a the Ash'terathite, Shama and Je-i'el the sons of Hotham the Aro'erite,

1Ch 11:45

1Ch 11:45Jedi'a-el the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

1Ch 11:46

1Ch 11:46Eli'el the Ma'havite, and Jer'ibai, and Joshavi'ah, the sons of El'na-am, and Ithmah the Mo'abite,

1Ch 11:47

1Ch 11:47Eli'el, and Obed, and Ja-asi'el the Mezo'ba-ite.

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