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¹ Then all Israel gathered themselues to Dauid vnto Hebron, saying, Beholde, we are thy bones and thy flesh.² And in time past, euen when Saul was King, thou leddest Israel out & in: and the Lord thy God sayde vnto thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be captaine ouer my people Israel.³ So came all the Elders of Israel to the King to Hebron, & Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebron before the Lord. And they anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.⁴ And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem, which is Iebus, where were the Iebusites, the inhabitants of the land.⁵ And the inhabitants of Iebus said to Dauid, Thou shalt not come in hither. Neuertheles Dauid tooke the towre of Zion, which is the city of Dauid.⁶ And Dauid sayd, Whosoeuer smiteth the Iebusites first, shalbe the chiefe and captaine. So Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah went first vp, and was captaine.⁷ And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.⁸ And he built the citie on euery side, from Millo euen round about, and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.⁹ And Dauid prospered, and grewe: for the Lord of hostes was with him.

¹⁰ These also are the chiefe of the valiant men that were with Dauid, & ioyned their force with him in his kingdome with al Israel, to make him King ouer Israel, according to the worde of the Lorde.¹¹ And this is the nomber of the valiant men whome Dauid had, Iashobeam the sonne of Hachmoni, the chiefe among thirtie: he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, whom he slewe at one time.¹² And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, which was one of the three valiant men.¹³ He was with Dauid at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistims were gathered together to battel: and there was a parcell of ground full of barley, & the people fled before the Philistims.¹⁴ And they stood in the middes of the field, and saued it, and slewe the Philistims: so the Lord gaue a great victorie.¹⁵ And three of the thirtie captaines went to a rocke to Dauid, into the caue of Adullam. And the armie of the Philistims camped in the valley of Rephaim.¹⁶ And when Dauid was in the hold, the Philistims garison was at Beth-lehem.¹⁷ And Dauid longed, and said, Oh, that one would giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate.¹⁸ Then these three brake thorowe the hoste of the Philistims, and drewe water out of the wel of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and tooke it and brought it to Dauid: but Dauid would not drinke of it, but powred it for an oblation to the Lord,¹⁹ And said, Let not my God suffer me to do this: should I drinke the blood of these mens liues? for they haue brought it with the ieopardie of their liues: therefore he would not drinke it: these things did these three mightie men.²⁰ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, he was chiefe of the three, & he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, and slew them, and had the name among the three.²¹ Among the three he was more honourable then the two, and he was their captaine: but he attained not vnto the first three.²² Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a valiant man) which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, he slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also and slewe a lion in the middes of a pit in time of snowe.²³ And he slewe an Egyptian, a man of great stature, euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare like a weauers beame: and he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.²⁴ These things did Benaiah ye sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name among the three worthies.²⁵ Behold, he was honourable among thirtie, but he attained not vnto the first three. And Dauid made him of his counsell.²⁶ These also were valiant men of warre, Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem,²⁷ Shammoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite,²⁸ Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,²⁹ Sibbecai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite,³⁰ Maharai the Netophathite, Heled ye sonne of Baanah the Netophathite,³¹ Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Beniamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,³² Hurai of the riuers of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,³³ Azmaueth the Baharumite, Elihaba the Shaalbonite,³⁴ The sonnes of Hashem the Gizonite, Ionathan the sonne of Shageh the Harite,³⁵ Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Vr,³⁶ Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahiiah the Pelonite,³⁷ Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the sonne of Ezbai,³⁸ Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the sonne of Haggeri,³⁹ Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour bearer of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah,⁴⁰ Ira the Ithrite, Garib the Ithrite,⁴¹ Vriah the Hittite, Zabad the sonne of Ahlai,⁴² Adina the sonne of Shiza the Reubenite, a captaine of the Reubenites, and thirtie with him,⁴³ Hanan the sonne of Maachah, and Ioshaphat the Mithnite,⁴⁴ Vzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Ieiel the sonnes of Otham the Aroerite,⁴⁵ Iediael the sonne of Shimri, and Ioha his brother the Tizite,⁴⁶ Eliel the Mahauite, and Ieribai and Ioshauiah the sonnes of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,⁴⁷ Eliel and Obed, and Iaasiel the Mesobaite.