2 Samuel
2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel 23 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now these be the last words of . the son of said, and the man who was raised up high, the anointed of the God of , and the sweet psalmist of , said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of said, the Rock of spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting , ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my , and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. But the sons of shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the of a ; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. These be the names of the mighty men whom had: The that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was the : he lift up his against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. And after him was the son of the , one of the three mighty men with , when they defied the that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of were gone away: He arose, and smote the until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the : and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. And after him was the son of the . And the were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the . But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the : and the LORD wrought a great victory. And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to in the harvest time unto the cave of : and the troop of the pitched in the valley of . And was then in an hold, and the garrison of the was then in . And longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the of , which is by the gate! And the three mighty men 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 : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. And , the brother of , the son of , was chief among three. And he lifted up his against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. And the son of , the son of a valiant man, of , who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of : he went down also and slew a in the midst of a pit in time of snow: And he slew an , a goodly man: and the had a in his hand; but 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 three mighty men. He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And set him over his guard. Asahel the brother of was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of , Shammah the , Elika the , Helez the , Ira the son of the , Abiezer the , Mebunnai the , Zalmon the , Maharai the , Heleb the son of , a , Ittai the son of out of of the children of , Benaiah the , Hiddai of the brooks of , Abi-albon the , Azmaveth the , Eliahba the , of the sons of , , Shammah the , Ahiam the son of the , Eliphelet the son of , the son of the , Eliam the son of the , Hezrai the , Paarai the , Igal the son of of Zobah, Bani the , Zelek the , Nahari the , armourbearer to the son of , Ira an , Gareb an , the : thirty and seven in all.