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And the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the <span class="name">Lord</span> had promised through Samuel.</p> <p class="sectionhead">David Conquers Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>David had said, “Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander-in-chief.” Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He built up the city around it, from the terraces <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the Millo">a</a></sup></span> to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And David became more and more powerful, because the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty was with him.</p> <p class="sectionhead">David’s Mighty Warriors</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>These were the chiefs of David’s mighty warriors—they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the <span class="name">Lord</span> had promised— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>this is the list of David’s mighty warriors:</p><p class="reg">Jashobeam, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Possibly a variant of Jashob-Baal">b</a></sup></span> a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Thirty; some Septuagint manuscripts Three (see also 2 Samuel 23:8)">c</a></sup></span> ; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the <span class="name">Lord</span> brought about a great victory.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it.</p><p class="reg">Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters">d</a></sup></span> tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.</p> <div class="outlinelist"><p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The mighty warriors were:</p><p class="item2">Asahel the brother of Joab,</p><p class="item2">Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Shammoth the Harorite,</p><p class="item2">Helez the Pelonite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,</p><p class="item2">Abiezer from Anathoth,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Sibbekai the Hushathite,</p><p class="item2">Ilai the Ahohite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Maharai the Netophathite,</p><p class="item2">Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,</p><p class="item2">Benaiah the Pirathonite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Hurai from the ravines of Gaash,</p><p class="item2">Abiel the Arbathite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Azmaveth the Baharumite,</p><p class="item2">Eliahba the Shaalbonite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the sons of Hashem the Gizonite,</p><p class="item2">Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite,</p><p class="item2">Eliphal son of Ur,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Hepher the Mekerathite,</p><p class="item2">Ahijah the Pelonite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Hezro the Carmelite,</p><p class="item2">Naarai son of Ezbai,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Joel the brother of Nathan,</p><p class="item2">Mibhar son of Hagri,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Zelek the Ammonite,</p><p class="item2">Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Ira the Ithrite,</p><p class="item2">Gareb the Ithrite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Uriah the Hittite,</p><p class="item2">Zabad son of Ahlai,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Hanan son of Maakah,</p><p class="item2">Joshaphat the Mithnite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Uzzia the Ashterathite,</p><p class="item2">Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Jediael son of Shimri,</p><p class="item2">his brother Joha the Tizite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Eliel the Mahavite,</p><p class="item2">Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam,</p><p class="item2">Ithmah the Moabite,</p> <p class="item2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the Millo</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Possibly a variant of <i>Jashob-Baal</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Thirty</i>; some Septuagint manuscripts <i>Three</i> (see also 2 Samuel 23:8)</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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