Thematic Bible
1 Chronicles 11:1 (show verse)
Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones.
1 Chronicles 11:2 (show verse)
{For some time now}, even when Saul was king, you were {the one who led the army of Israel in battle}. And Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel and will be leader over my people Israel.'"
1 Chronicles 11:3 (show verse)
Then all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the presence of Yahweh. And they anointed David as king over Israel according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of 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 (that [is] Jebus). And the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, [were] there.
1 Chronicles 11:5 (show verse)
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You will not enter here." But David captured the stronghold of Zion; that [is,] the city of David.
1 Chronicles 11:6 (show verse)
Then David said, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites first will be chief and commander." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and became 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 fortress. Therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chronicles 11:8 (show verse)
And he built the city all around from the Millo and up to the circuit. And Joab restored the remainder of the city.
1 Chronicles 11:9 (show verse)
And David {became greater and greater}. And Yahweh of hosts [was] with him.
1 Chronicles 11:10 (show verse)
Now these [are] the chiefs of the mighty men who [were] for David, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel to make him king according to the word of Yahweh concerning Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:11 (show verse)
And this [is] the numbering of the mighty warriors who [were] for David: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni [was] chief of the three. He himself raised his spear against three hundred [whom he] killed on one occasion.
1 Chronicles 11:12 (show verse)
And after him [was] Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He [was] among the three mighty warriors.
1 Chronicles 11:13 (show verse)
He himself [was] with David at Pas-Dammim when the Philistines were gathered there for the battle. And there was a plot of the field filled with barley, and the people fled before the Philistines.
1 Chronicles 11:14 (show verse)
But they took their stand in the middle of the plot and defended it. And they killed the Philistines. And Yahweh saved [them] [with] a great victory.
1 Chronicles 11:15 (show verse)
And three of the thirty chiefs went down toward the rock to David at the cave of Adullam when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
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 garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:17 (show verse)
And David had a craving, and he said, "Who could give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem that [is] by the gate!"
1 Chronicles 11:18 (show verse)
Then the three broke through into the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that [was] by the gate and brought [it] and came to David. But David would not drink it and poured it out before Yahweh.
1 Chronicles 11:19 (show verse)
And he said, "Far be it from me [that] I would do this before my God. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For {at the risk of their lives} they brought it." And he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
1 Chronicles 11:20 (show verse)
Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three. And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred [whom he] killed and [made] a name for himself among the three.
1 Chronicles 11:21 (show verse)
{He was twice as renowned} among the three and was their commander. But he did not attain to the three.
1 Chronicles 11:22 (show verse)
[And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 11:23 (show verse)
And he himself struck down an Egyptian man, a large man five cubits [tall]. And in the hand of the Egyptian [was] a spear like a weaver's beam. But he went down to him with a club and seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 11:24 (show verse)
These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and had a name among the three mighty warriors.
1 Chronicles 11:25 (show verse)
He himself was certainly distinguished among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his bodyguard.
1 Chronicles 11:26 (show verse)
Now the mighty warriors of the troops [were] Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo from 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, Abiezer 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)
Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
1 Chronicles 11:32 (show verse)
Hurai of the valleys 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, Jehonathan the son of Shagee 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 Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles 11:37 (show verse)
Hezro the Carmelite, Naari the son of Ezbai,
1 Chronicles 11:38 (show verse)
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
1 Chronicles 11:39 (show verse)
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the bearer of the weapons 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 leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
1 Chronicles 11:43 (show verse)
Hanan the son of Maacah, Jehoshaphat the Mithnite,
1 Chronicles 11:44 (show verse)
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham 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, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,
1 Chronicles 11:47 (show verse)
Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.