1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.stylus···2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.stylus···3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.stylus···4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.stylus···5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come here. Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion, which is the city of David.stylus···6And David said, Whoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was chief.stylus···7And David dwelt in the strong hold; therefore they called it the city of David.stylus···8And he built the city all around, even from Millo all around: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.stylus···9So David became greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.stylus···10These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.stylus···11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.stylus···12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.stylus···13He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.stylus···14And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.stylus···15Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.stylus···16And David was then in the strong hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.stylus···17And David longed, and said, O that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!stylus···18And the three broke through the host 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 of it, but poured it out to the LORD,stylus···19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.stylus···20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.stylus···21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.stylus···22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many deeds; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.stylus···23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.stylus···24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.stylus25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.stylus···26Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,stylus···27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,stylus···28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,stylus···29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,stylus···30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,stylus···31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,stylus···32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,stylus···33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,stylus34The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,stylus···35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,stylus···36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,stylus37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,stylus···38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,stylus···39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,stylus40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,stylus···41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,stylus···42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,stylus43Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,stylus44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,stylus45Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,stylus46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,stylus47Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.stylus