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1 Chronicles 11:1 (show verse)
And all Israel gathered to David, to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
1 Chronicles 11:2 (show verse)
And also in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel. And Jehovah your God said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be ruler over My people Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:3 (show verse)
And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. And David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the Word of Jehovah by Samuel.
Anointing » In consecration » David
David » King of israel » Anointed king over all israel, after reigning over judah at hebron for seven years and six months, and reigns thirty-three years
David » King of israel » David goes to hebron, and is anointed king by judah
Government » Mosaic » Chooses david as king
David » King of israel » Anointed king over all israel, after reigning over judah at hebron for seven years and six months, and reigns thirty-three years
David » King of israel » David goes to hebron, and is anointed king by judah
Government » Mosaic » Chooses david as king
1 Chronicles 11:4 (show verse)
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the people of the land.
1 Chronicles 11:5 (show verse)
And the people of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here. But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.
1 Chronicles 11:6 (show verse)
And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and was chief.
Armies » March in ranks » A promotion
the Armies of israel » Bravery and fidelity in, rewarded
David » King of israel » Makes conquest of jerusalem
Jerusalem » Conquest of mount zion in, made by david
Joab » Son of david's sister » Commander of david's army
Joab » Son of david's sister » Defeated the jebusites
Promotion » As a reward of merit
Zion » Captured from the jebusites by david
the Armies of israel » Bravery and fidelity in, rewarded
David » King of israel » Makes conquest of jerusalem
Jerusalem » Conquest of mount zion in, made by david
Joab » Son of david's sister » Commander of david's army
Joab » Son of david's sister » Defeated the jebusites
Promotion » As a reward of merit
Zion » Captured from the jebusites by david
1 Chronicles 11:7 (show verse)
And David lived in the stronghold. Therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chronicles 11:8 (show verse)
And he built the city all around, even from Millo all around. And Joab repaired the rest of the city.
1 Chronicles 11:9 (show verse)
And David became greater and greater, for Jehovah of Hosts was with him.
1 Chronicles 11:10 (show verse)
And these were the chief of the mighty men whom David had, making themselves strong with him in his kingdom, with all Israel to make him king, according to the Word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:11 (show verse)
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains. He lifted up his spear against three hundred, who were killed by him at one time.
1 Chronicles 11:12 (show verse)
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, he was one of the three mighty ones.
1 Chronicles 11:13 (show verse)
He was with David at Pas-dammim. And there the Philistines were gathered together to battle and a portion of the field was full of barley. And the people fled from before the Philistines.
1 Chronicles 11:14 (show verse)
And they set themselves in the midst of that place, and delivered it, and killed the Philistines. And Jehovah saved them by a great deliverance.
1 Chronicles 11:15 (show verse)
And three of the mighty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam. And the Philistine army camped in the Valley of the Giants.
Abishai » Obtains water from the well of bethlehem for david
Adullam » Dead sea » Cave » David takes refuge in
Armies » Encamped » In the open fields
Armies » March in ranks » A promotion
Cave » Of adullam
Rephaim » A valley; the boundary between the territories of judah and benjamin » The battleground of david and the philistines
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam
Adullam » Dead sea » Cave » David takes refuge in
Armies » Encamped » In the open fields
Armies » March in ranks » A promotion
Cave » Of adullam
Rephaim » A valley; the boundary between the territories of judah and benjamin » The battleground of david and the philistines
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam
1 Chronicles 11:16 (show verse)
And David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines garrison was then at Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:17 (show verse)
And David longed and said, Oh that someone would give me drink from the water of the well of Bethlehem, which was by the gate!
1 Chronicles 11:18 (show verse)
And the three broke through the Philistine army and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David. But David would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 11:19 (show verse)
And he said, May my God forbid me to do this thing. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? For they brought it with their lives. And he was not willing to drink it. These three mighty ones did these things.
1 Chronicles 11:20 (show verse)
And Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the three. For lifting up his spear against three hundred, he killed them, and had a name among the three.
1 Chronicles 11:21 (show verse)
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two for he was their captain. However, he did not attain the first three.
1 Chronicles 11:22 (show verse)
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a mighty man of Kabzeel, had done many acts. He killed two lion-like men of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 11:23 (show verse)
And he killed an Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high. And in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam. And he went down to him with a staff and wrenched the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and killed him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 11:24 (show verse)
These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had the name among the three mighty ones.
1 Chronicles 11:25 (show verse)
Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but did not attain the first three. And David set him over his court.
1 Chronicles 11:26 (show verse)
And the mighty ones of the army: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
1 Chronicles 11:27 (show verse)
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles 11:28 (show verse)
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Ahiezer the Anathothite,
1 Chronicles 11:29 (show verse)
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
1 Chronicles 11:30 (show verse)
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
1 Chronicles 11:31 (show verse)
Ithai a son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
1 Chronicles 11:32 (show verse)
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
1 Chronicles 11:33 (show verse)
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
1 Chronicles 11:34 (show verse)
the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
1 Chronicles 11:35 (show verse)
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
1 Chronicles 11:36 (show verse)
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles 11:37 (show verse)
Hezro of Carmel, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
1 Chronicles 11:38 (show verse)
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
1 Chronicles 11:39 (show verse)
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
1 Chronicles 11:40 (show verse)
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
1 Chronicles 11:41 (show verse)
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
1 Chronicles 11:42 (show verse)
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
1 Chronicles 11:43 (show verse)
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
1 Chronicles 11:44 (show verse)
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
1 Chronicles 11:45 (show verse)
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
1 Chronicles 11:46 (show verse)
Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
1 Chronicles 11:47 (show verse)
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.