1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 11
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1 Chronicles 11 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Then all gathered themselves to unto , saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. And moreover in time past, even when was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in : and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people , and thou shalt be ruler over my people , and thou shalt be ruler over my people . Therefore came all the elders of to the king to ; and made a with them in before the LORD; and they anointed king over , according to of the LORD by . And and all went to , which is ; where the were, the inhabitants of the land. And the inhabitants of said to , Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless took the castle of , which is the city of . And said, Whosoever smiteth the first shall be chief and captain. So the son of went first up, and was chief. And dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of . And he built the city round about, even from round about: and repaired the rest of the city. So waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. These also are the chief of the mighty men whom had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all , to make him king, according to of the LORD concerning . And this is the number of the mighty men whom had; Jashobeam, an , the chief of the captains: he lifted up his against three hundred slain by him at one time. And after him was the son of , the , who was one of the three mighties. He was with at -dammim, and there the were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the . And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the ; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to , into the cave of ; and the host of the encamped in the valley of . And was then in the hold, and the ’ garrison was then at . And longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the of , that is at the gate! And the three brake through the host of the , and drew water out of the of , that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to : but would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD, And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. And the brother of , he was chief of the three: for lifting up his against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. Benaiah the son of , the son of a valiant man of , who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of : also he went down and slew a in a pit in a snowy day. And he slew an , a man of great stature, five high; and in the ’s hand was a like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a , and plucked the out of the ’s hand, and slew him with his own . These things did the son of , and had the name among the three mighties. Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and set him over his guard. Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of , Elhanan the son of Dodo of , Shammoth the , Helez the , Ira the son of the , Abi-ezer the , Sibbecai the , Ilai the , Maharai the , Heled the son of the , Ithai the son of Ribai of , that pertained to the children of , Benaiah the , Hurai of the brooks of , Abiel the , Azmaveth the , Eliahba the , The sons of the , the son of the , Ahiam the son of the , Eliphal the son of , Hepher the , Ahijah the , Hezro the , Naarai the son of , the brother of , Mibhar the son of , Zelek the , Naharai the , the armourbearer of the son of , Ira the , Gareb the , the , Zabad the son of , Adina the son of the , a captain of the , and thirty with him, Hanan the son of , and the , Uzzia the , Shama and the sons of the , Jediael the son of , and his brother, the , Eliel the , and , and , the sons of , and the , Eliel, and , and the .