Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch) 11
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1Then all Isra’el gathered themselves to David in Hevron and said, “Here, we are your own flesh and bone. 2In the past, even when Sha’ul was king, it was you who led Isra’el’s military campaigns; and Adonai your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Isra’el, and you will be chief over my people Isra’el.’” 3So all the leaders of Isra’el came to the king in Hevron; and David made a covenant with them in Hevron in the presence of Adonai. Then they anointed David king over Isra’el, as Adonai had said through Sh’mu’el.
4David and all Isra’el went to Yerushalayim, also known as Y’vus; and the Y’vusi, the inhabitants of that region, were there. 5The inhabitants of Y’vus taunted David by saying, “You won’t get in here!” Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Tziyon, also known now as the City of David. 6David said, “Whoever attacks the Y’vusi first will be commander-in-chief.” Yo’av the son of Tz’ruyah attacked first and was made commander.
7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the City of David. 8David built up the city around it, starting at the Millo [earth rampart] and going on around; while Yo’av repaired the rest of the city. 9David grew greater and greater, because Adonai-Tzva’ot was with him.
10These are David’s chief warriors, who, under his rulership, joined forces with him and with all Isra’el to make him king, as Adonai had said concerning Isra’el; 11here is the list of David’s warrior-heroes:
Yashov‘am son of a Hakhmoni, the chief officer; he is the one who raised his spear against 300 men and killed them in a single encounter.
12After him was El‘azar the son of Dodo the Achochi, one of the three warriors. 13He was with David at Pas-Damim, where the P’lishtim had assembled for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley; and when the people fled from the P’lishtim, 14they stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, killing the P’lishtim; and Adonai saved them with a great victory.
15Three of the thirty leaders went down to the rock and came to David during harvest season at the cave of ‘Adulam when the army of the P’lishtim had set up camp in the Refa’im Valley. 16At that time David was in the fortress, and the garrison of the P’lishtim was in Beit-Lechem. 17David had a craving and said, “I wish someone could give me water to drink from the well by the gate of Beit-Lechem!” 18The three broke through the army of the P’lishtim, drew water from the well by the gate of Beit-Lechem, took it and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; instead, he poured it out to Adonai 19and said, “My God forbid that I should do such a thing! Am I to drink the blood of these men who went and put their lives in jeopardy? They risked their lives to bring it!” — and he would not consent to drink it. These are the things the three warrior-heroes did.
20Avishai the brother of Yo’av was chief of these three. He raised his spear against 300 men and killed them; thus he had a reputation even among the three. 21Of the three in the second rank he had the most honor and was therefore made their leader; however, he did not achieve the status of the first three.
22B’nayah the son of Y’hoyada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtze’el, was a man of many exploits. He struck down two lion-hearted men of Mo’av. One day when it was snowing, he went down into a pit and killed a lion. 23Here is how he killed an Egyptian, a man who was very tall, seven-and-a-half feet: the Egyptian had a spear in his hand the size of a weaver’s beam; he went down to him with only a stick, seized the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 24These are things that B’nayah the son of Y’hoyada did that earned him a name among the three warrior-heroes. 25He had more honor than the thirty, but he did not achieve the status of the first three. David put him in command of his personal guard.
26There were also these warrior-heroes:
‘Asah’el the brother of Yo’av,
Elchanan the son of Dodo, from Beit-Lechem,
27Shammah the Harori,
Heletz the P’loni,
28‘Ira son of ‘Ikesh from T’koa,
Avi‘ezer from ‘Anatot,
29Sibkhai the Hushati,
‘Ilai the Achochi,
30Mahrai the N’tofati,
Heled the son of Ba‘anah the N’tofati,
31Ittai the son of Rivai from Giv‘ah, from the descendants of Binyamin,
B’nayahu from Pir‘aton,
32Hurai from the vadis of Ga‘ash,
Avi’el the ‘Arvati,
33‘Azmavet the Bacharumi
Elyachba the Sha‘alvoni,
34the sons of Hashem the Gizoni,
Y’honatan the son of Shageh the Harari,
35Achi’am the son of Sakhar the Harari,
Elifal the son of Ur,
36Hefer the M’kherati,
Achiyah the P’loni,
37Hetzro the Karmeli,
Na‘arai the son of Ezbai
38Yo’el the brother of Natan,
Mivchar the son of Hagri,
39Tzelek the ‘Amoni,
Nachrai the Be’eroti, armor-bearer of Yo’av the son of Tz’ruyah,
40‘Ira the Yitri,
Garev the Yitri,
41Uriyah the Hitti,
Zavad the son of Achlai,
42‘Adina the son of Shiza the Re’uveni, a leader among the Re’uveni,
and thirty with him,
43Hanan the son of Ma‘akhah,
Yoshafat the Mitni,
44‘Uziyah the ‘Asht’rati
Shama and Ye‘i’el the sons of Hotam the ‘Aro‘eri,
45Y’dia‘el the son of Shimri,
Yocha his brother, the Titzi,
46Eli’el from Machavim,
Yerivai and Yoshavyah the sons of Elna‘am,
Yitmah the Mo’avi,
47Eli’el,
‘Oved,
and Ya‘asi’el from M’tzovayah.
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