1 Chronicles 11
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e Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
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In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord your God said to you, f 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.'"
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, g according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
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And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, h that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, i the inhabitants of the land.
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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.
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David said, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites first j shall be chief and commander." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.
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And David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.
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And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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And David k became greater and greater, for the Lord of hosts was with him.
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l 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, m according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
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This is an account of David's mighty men: n Jashobeam, a n Hachmonite, was o chief of the three. He wielded his spear against 300 whom he killed at one time.
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And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of p Dodo, the Ahohite.
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He was with David at Pas-dammim q when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines.
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But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the Lord saved them by a great victory.
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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 r Valley of Rephaim.
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David was then in the stronghold, and the s garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
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And David said longingly, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!"
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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 Lord
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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.
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Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.
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He was the most renowned of the thirty and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man 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.
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And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear t 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.
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These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and won a name beside the three mighty men.
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He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
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The mighty men were u Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pelonite,
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Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,
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Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
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Maharai of Netophah, Heled the son of Baanah of Netophah,
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Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah of Pirathon,
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Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
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Azmaveth of Baharum, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
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Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,
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Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
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Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
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Hezro of Carmel, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
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Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of v Hagri,
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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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Uriah the Hittite, w Zabad the son of Ahlai,
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Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
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Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
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Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
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Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
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Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
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Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
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1 Chronicles 11:1 - 9
Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1 - 3
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
2 Samuel 5:6 - 10
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, "You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off" - thinking, "David cannot come in here.
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Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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1 Chronicles 11:10
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 Lord concerning Israel.
1 Chronicles 12:23
These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the Lord.
1 Samuel 16:1
The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:3
And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.
1 Samuel 16:12 - 13
And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he.
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Joshua 15:8
Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
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Judges 1:21
But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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2 Samuel 8:16
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
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Esther 9:4
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.
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1 Chronicles 11:10 - 41
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 Lord concerning Israel.
2 Samuel 23:8 - 39
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.
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1 Chronicles 11:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
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2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.
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2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.
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1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.
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1 Chronicles 27:4
Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division of the second month; in his division were 24,000.
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2 Samuel 23:11 - 12
And next to him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the men fled from the Philistines.
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1 Chronicles 14:8
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
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1 Samuel 10:5
After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
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1 Samuel 17:7
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.
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1 Chronicles 27:7
Asahel the brother of Joab was fourth, for the fourth month, and his son Zebadiah after him; in his division were 24,000.
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1 Chronicles 5:10
And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 2:36
Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.
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