2 Samuel 23:18-39 - David's Thirty Fighting Men

¹⁸ And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty. ¹⁹ Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three

²⁰ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow: ²¹ And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear ²² These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war. ²³ He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

²⁴ Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem, ²⁵ Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, ²⁶ Helez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, ²⁷ Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite, ²⁸ Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, ²⁹ Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, ³⁰ Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash, ³¹ Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim, ³² Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite, ³³ Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite, ³⁴ Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, ³⁵ Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite, ³⁶ Igal, the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite ³⁷ Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah, ³⁸ Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite ³⁹ Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.