1 Chronicles 11:11-47

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹¹ These constitute the list of the mighty men whom David had: ^(A)Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, ^(B)the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred ^[a]whom he killed at one time.

¹² After him was Eleazar the son of ^(C)Dodo, the Ahohite, who was ^[b]one of the three mighty men. ¹³ He was with David at ^[c]Pasdammim ^(D)when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines. ¹⁴ They took their stand in the midst of the plot and defended it, and struck down the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great ^[d]victory.

¹⁵ Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while ^(E)the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. ¹⁶ David was then in the stronghold, while ^(F)the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. ¹⁷ David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” ¹⁸ So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord; ¹⁹ and he said, “Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went ^[e]at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

²⁰ As for ^[f]Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the ^[g]thirty, and he swung his spear against three hundred ^[h]and killed them; and he had a name as well as the ^[i]thirty. ²¹ Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the first three.

^22 (G)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the ^[j]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and ^[k]killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day. ²³ He ^[l]killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five ^[m]cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was ^(H)a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and ^[n]killed him with his own spear. ²⁴ These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men. ²⁵ Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three; and David appointed him over his guard.

²⁶ Now the mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, ^27 [o]Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the ^[p]Pelonite, ²⁸ Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, ^29 [q]Sibbecai the Hushathite, ^[r]Ilai the Ahohite, ³⁰ Maharai the Netophathite, ^[s]Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, ³¹ Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, ^32 [t]Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, ^[u]Abiel the Arbathite, ³³ Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, ³⁴ the sons of ^[v]Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, ³⁵ Ahiam the son of ^[w]Sacar the Hararite, ^[x]Eliphal the son of Ur, ³⁶ Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, ³⁷ Hezro the Carmelite, ^[y]Naarai the son of Ezbai, ³⁸ Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, ³⁹ Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, ⁴⁰ Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, ⁴¹ Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, ⁴² Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, ⁴³ Hanan the son of Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴ Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, ⁴⁵ Jediael the son of Shimri and Joha his brother, the Tizite, ⁴⁶ Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, ⁴⁷ Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.