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CHAP. XXIII.
1 Dauid in his last words, professeth his faith in Gods promises to be beyond sence or experience. 6 The different state of the wicked. 8 A catalogue of Dauids mightie men.
2 The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rocke of Israel spake to me: he that ruleth ouer men must be iust, ruling in the feare of God:3
7 But the man that shal touch them, must be fenced with yron, and the staffe of a speare, and they shall bee vtterly burnt with fire in the same place.7
8 ¶ These be the names of the mightie men whome Dauid had: The Tachmonite that sate in the seat, chiefe among the captaines, (the same was Adino the Eznite:) hee lift vp his speare against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.8
9 And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mightie men with Dauid, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battell, and the men of Israel were gone away.9
11 And after him was Shammah the sonne of Agee the Hararite: and the Philistines were gathered together into a troupe, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.11
13 And three of the thirtie chiefe went downe and came to Dauid in the haruest time, vnto the caue of Adullam: and the troupe of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.13
14 And Dauid was then in an holde, and the garison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
18 And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among three, and he lift vp his speare against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.18
20 And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many actes, he slew two lion-like men of Moab: hee went downe also, and slewe a Lyon in the middest of a pit in time of snow.20
21 And he slew an Egyptian a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a speare in his hand; but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.21
22 These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among three mightie men.
23 Hee was more honourable then the thirtie, but hee attained not to the first three: and Dauid set him ouer his guard.23
24 Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie: Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem,24
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite,26
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brookes of Gaash,30
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaueth the Barhumite,
32 Elihaba the Shaalbonite: of the sonnes of Iashen, Ionathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hararite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
36 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, armour-bearer to Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah,
38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirtie and seuen in all.
2 Samuel Chapter 23 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Or, be thou ruler, &c.
7 Heb. filled.
8 Or, Ioshebbassebet the Tachmonite head of the three. , See 1. chr. 11.11. , Heb. slaine.
9 1.Chron. 11.12.
11 1. Chron. 11.27. , Or, for forraging.
13 Or, the three captaines ouer the thirtie.
18 1. Chron. 11.20. , Heb. slaine.
20 Heb. great of acts. , Hebr. lion of God.
21 Heb. a man of countenance or sight: called 1. Chro. 11. 23. a man of great stature.
23 Or, honourable among the thirtie. , Or, Councill: Heb. at his command
24 Chap. 2. 18.
26 1. Chron. 11.27.
30 Or, valleys.
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