2 Samuel 23
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1 Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse says,
the man who was raised on high says,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2“The LORD’s Spirit spoke by me.
His word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘One who rules over men righteously,
who rules in the fear of God,
4 shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises,
a morning without clouds,
when the tender grass springs out of the earth,
through clear shining after rain.’
5Isn’t my house so with God?
Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things, and sure,
for it is all my salvation and all my desire.
Won’t he make it grow?
6 But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away,
because they can’t be taken with the hand.
7 The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear.
They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”
8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time. 9After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away. 10He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and the LORD worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder. 11After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines. 12But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
13 Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 14David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
16 The three mighty men broke through the army 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 he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. 17He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
18Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three. 19Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow. 21He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men. 23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 29Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 30Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash. 31Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, 34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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2 Samuel 23
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David’s Last Words
1#2Sa 7:8–9; 1Sa 16:12–13Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David the son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man who was raised on high,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
and the favorite psalmist of Israel:
2#2Pe 1:21; Mt 22:43 The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
and His word was on my tongue.
3#2Sa 22:32; Ex 18:21 The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spoke to me:
He who rules over man justly,
who rules in the fear of God,
4#Jdg 5:31; Ps 72:6 is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
a morning with no clouds,
gleaming after the rain
like grass from the land.
5#Isa 55:3; 9:6–7 Is not my house like this with God?
For He made an everlasting covenant with me,
ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
will He not make it flourish?
6But the worthless individual is like a thorn tossed away, all of them,
for they cannot be taken with the hand.
7#Heb 6:8 But the man who touches them
must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear,
and they must be burned with fire on the spot.
David’s Mighty Warriors
1Ch 11:10–41
8#1Ch 27:2These are the names of the warriors whom David had:
Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the three.#Or captains, or thirty. Cf. 1Ch 11:11. He was also known as Adino the Eznite, on account of eight hundred slain on one occasion.
9#1Ch 27:4After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi. He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew. 10#1Sa 11:13; 19:5He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day, and the people returned only to plunder.
11After him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered into a troop, where the plot of the field was full of lentils, and the people fled before the Philistines. 12#2Sa 23:10He took his stand in the midst of the plot of land, defended it, and defeated the Philistines. The Lord brought about a great victory.
13#1Sa 22:1; 2Sa 5:18Then three#Text reads thirty, but three has been translated here on the basis of other textual witnesses and Masoretic marginal notation. Cf. 22:16. of the thirty chief men went down and came to David at the cave of Adullam during the harvest. Now the Philistine army was in the Valley of Rephaim. 14#1Sa 22:4–5At that time, David was in the stronghold while the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. 15#Jn 4:14David said longingly, “O that someone would give me a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate!” 16The three warriors breached the Philistine camp and drew up water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate, and they brought it to David. However, he was not willing to drink it, so he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord. 17#Lev 17:10He said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, to drink this, the blood of the men who risked their lives.” So he was not willing to drink it.
These things the three warriors did.
18#2Sa 10:10; 10:14Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.#Or another three, Cf. 11:20. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and won a name beside the three. 19Was he more honored than the three? He became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.
20#Jos 15:21; 2Sa 8:18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done great acts. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day. 21He struck down an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff, seized the spear from the Egyptian, and killed him with his own spear. 22These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and won for himself a name alongside the three. 23He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. So David set him over his bodyguard.
24#2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 27:7Among the thirty were
Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25Shammah the Harodite,
Elika the Harodite,
26#2Sa 14:2Helez the Paltite,
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27#Jos 21:18Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28#2Ki 25:23; 1Ch 27:13Zalmon the Ahohite,
Maharai the Netophathite,
29Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of Benjamin,
30#Jdg 12:15; Jos 24:30Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
31#2Sa 3:16Abi-Albon the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
of the sons of Jashen,
Jonathan,
33Shammah the Hararite,
Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34#2Sa 11:3; 15:12Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maakathite,
Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35#1Ch 11:37Hezro the Carmelite,
Paarai the Arbite,
36Igal the son of Nathan from Zobah,
the son of Hagri,
37Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Beerothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38#1Ch 2:53; 2Sa 20:26Ira the Ithrite,
Gareb the Ithrite,
39#2Sa 11:3and Uriah the Hittite.
There were thirty-seven in all.
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