There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam.

And when he taunted and defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.

“He rode on a cherub and flew;
He appeared upon the wings of the wind.

“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear [me], they obey me.

Now these are the last words of David.David the son of Jesse declares,
The man who was raised on high declares,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel,

Is like the morning light when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the fresh grass springs out of the earth
Through sunshine after rain.’

Next to him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three mighty men with David when they taunted and defied the Philistines assembled there for battle, and the men of Israel had gone.

Next to Eleazar was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered into an army where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people [of Israel] fled from the Philistines.

Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was chief of the thirty. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and gained a reputation beside the three.

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many notable acts, killed two [famous] warriors of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and gained a reputation beside the three mighty men.

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; then Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa,

Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjamites,

Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel of Giloh,

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,