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Must be armed with iron and the shaft day. And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular
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of a spear, man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so
And they shall be utterly burned with he went down to him with a staff, wrested the
fire in their place.” spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed
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him with his own spear. These things
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whom David had: Josheb-Basshebeth the Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a
name among three mighty men. He was
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Tachmonite, chief among the captains. He more honored than the thirty, but he did not
was called Adino the Eznite, because he had attain to the first three. And David appointed
killed eight hundred men at one time. And him over his guard.
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after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the
Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with Da- thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
vid when they defied the Philistines who were 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
gathered there for battle, and the men of Is- 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
rael had retreated. He arose and attacked the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai
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Philistines until his hand was weary, and his the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite,
hand stuck to the sword. The LORD brought Maharai the Netophathite, Heleb the son of
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about a great victory that day; and the people Baanah (the Netophathite), Ittai the son of
returned after him only to plunder. And after Ribai from Gibeah of the children of Benja-
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him was Shammah the son of Agee the min, Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai from the
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Hararite. The Philistines had gathered togeth- brooks of Gaash, Abi-Albon the Arbathite,
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er into a troop where there was a piece of Azmaveth the Barhumite, Eliahba the Shaal-
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ground full of lentils. So the people fled from bonite (of the sons of Jashen), Jonathan,
the Philistines. But he stationed himself in the 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of
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middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Sharar the Hararite, Eliphelet the son of
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Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam
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Then three of the thirty chief men went 36
down at harvest time and came to David at the the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, Igal the son
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cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, Zelek
encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. David the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (armor-
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was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah), Ira the
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the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. And Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, and Uriah the Hit-
David said with longing, “Oh, that someone tite: thirty-seven in all.
would give me a drink of the water from the Again the anger of the LORD was
well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” So 24 aroused against Israel, and He moved
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the three mighty men broke through the David against them to say, “Go, number Israel
camp of the Philistines, drew water from the and Judah.”
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well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and So the king said to Joab the commander of
took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless the army who was with him, “Now go through-
he would not drink it, but poured it out to the out all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to
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LORD. And he said, “Far be it from me, O Beersheba, and count the people, that I may
LORD, that I should do this! Is this not the know the number of the people.”
blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their 3 And Joab said to the king, “Now may the
lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. LORD your God add to the people a hundred
These things were done by the three times more than there are, and may the eyes
mighty men. of my lord the king see it. But why does my
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Now Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of
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Zeruiah, was chief of another three. He lifted the king’s word prevailed against Joab and
his spear against three hundred men, killed against the captains of the army. Therefore
them, and won a name among these three. Joab and the captains of the army went out
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Therefore he became their captain. However, people of Israel.
he did not attain to the first three. 5 And they crossed over the Jordan and
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Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town
of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and
many deeds. He had killed two lion-like toward Jazer. Then they came to Gilead and
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heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to
killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy Dan Jaan and around to Sidon; and they came
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