2Sam 23
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And these are the last words of David. Faithful is David the son of Jessae, and faithful
the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful
are the psalms of Israel.
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The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.
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The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among
men, How will you strengthen the fear of the anointed?
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And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light
of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon
the earth.
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For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant
with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is,
that the wicked should not flourish.
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All these are as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,
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and a man shall not labour among them; and one shall have that which is fully armed
with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall
be burnt in their shame.
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These are the names of the mighty men of David: Jebosthe the Chananite is a captain
of the third part: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers
at once.
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And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty
men with David; and when Or, they defied him among the Philistines he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war,
and the men of Israel
went up.
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He arose an smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to
the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people Heb. returned rested behind him only to strip
the slain.
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And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered
to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentiles; and the people
fled before the Philistines.
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And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines;
and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
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And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of
Odollam; and there was an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley
of Raphain.
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And David was then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then
in Bethleem.
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And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is
in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.
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And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it
to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.
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And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, Gr. if that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at the risk
of their lives:
and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
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And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he was chief among the three, and
he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among
three.
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Of those three he was most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached
not to the first three.
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And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Cabeseel, and
he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst
of a pit on a snowy day.
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He smote an Egyptian, Gr. a man seen or to be seen a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear as the side
of a ladder;
and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand,
and slew him with his own spear.
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These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty
men.
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He was honourable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and
David Gr. appointed him to his hearings made him his reporter. And these are the names of King David’s mighty men.
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Asael Joab’s brother; he was among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.
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Saema the Rudaean.
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Selles Or, the son of Kelothi the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite.
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Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite.
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Ellon the Aoite; Noere the Netophatite.
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Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite; Asmoth the Bardiamite;
Emasu the Salabonite:
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Adroi of the brooks.
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Gadabiel son of the Arabothaeite.
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the sons of Asan, Jonathan;
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Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.
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Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the son of Achitophel
the Gelonite.
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Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uraeoerchi.
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Gaal the son of Nathana. The son of much valour, the son of Galaaddi. Elie the Ammanite.
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Gelore the Bethorite, armour-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.
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Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite.
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Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all.