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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Chronicles 11 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 1 Chronicles 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/10.htm" title="1 Chronicles 10">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 11 <a href="../1_chronicles/12.htm" title="1 Chronicles 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/1_chronicles/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">David Anointed King</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by Samuel.</p> <p class="heading">David Takes Jerusalem</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>David said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander.” And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And David lived in the stronghold; therefore 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>And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired 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 greater and greater, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts was with him.</p> <p class="heading">David’s Mighty Men</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now 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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> concerning Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This is an account of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, was chief of the three.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 2 Samuel 23:8; Hebrew thirty, or captains">a</a></sup></span> He wielded his spear against 300 whom he killed at one time.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite. <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 were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But he took his<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 2 Samuel 23:12; Hebrew they... their">b</a></sup></span> stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> saved them by a great victory.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Three 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 Rephaim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David. But David would not drink it. He poured it out to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and 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.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac; Hebrew three">c</a></sup></span> And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He was the most renowned<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 2 Samuel 23:19; Hebrew more renowned among the two">d</a></sup></span> of the thirty<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac; Hebrew three">e</a></sup></span> and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac; Hebrew the son of a valiant man">f</a></sup></span> of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters">g</a></sup></span> tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver’s beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of 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>These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and won a name beside the three mighty men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The mighty men were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Shammoth of Harod,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 2 Samuel 23:25; Hebrew the Harorite">h</a></sup></span> Helez the Pelonite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Maharai of Netophah, Heled the son of Baanah of Netophah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah of Pirathon, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Azmaveth of Baharum, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Hashem<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare Septuagint and 2 Samuel 23:32; Hebrew the sons of Hashem">i</a></sup></span> the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Hezro of Carmel, Naarai the son of Ezbai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/11-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Compare 2 Samuel 23:8; Hebrew <i>thirty</i>, or <i>captains</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Compare 2 Samuel 23:12; Hebrew <i>they... their</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Syriac; Hebrew <i>three</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Compare 2 Samuel 23:19; Hebrew <i>more renowned among the two</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Syriac; Hebrew <i>three</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Syriac; Hebrew <i>the son of a valiant man</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">cubit</i> was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters<br /><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Compare 2 Samuel 23:25; Hebrew <i>the Harorite</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">34</span> Compare Septuagint and 2 Samuel 23:32; 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