Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 23:1 (show verse)
These [are] the last words of David, the declaration of David the son of Jesse, and the declaration of the man exalted [by] the Most High, the anointed one of the God of Jacob and the darling of the songs of Israel.
2 Samuel 23:2 (show verse)
"The spirit of Yahweh speaks through me, and his word [is] upon my tongue.
2 Samuel 23:3 (show verse)
The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; 'He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God.
2 Samuel 23:4 (show verse)
Like the light of [the] morning when the sun rises, shining with no clouds, [bringing] vegetation from the earth apart from rain.'
2 Samuel 23:5 (show verse)
Yet not so [is] my house with God, for he made an everlasting covenant for me, arranging everything. He has secured all my deliverance, and all my desire he will cause to happen.
2 Samuel 23:6 (show verse)
But evil persons [are] like thorns cast aside; all of them, because they cannot be picked up in the hand.
2 Samuel 23:7 (show verse)
And if a man wants to touch them, he must use an iron instrument or the shaft of a spear; then they [are] consumed entirely with fire on the spot."
2 Samuel 23:8 (show verse)
These [are] the names of the mighty warriors who [were] David's: Josheb-Basshebeth a Tahkemonite [was] chief of three officers; first Adino, whose spear [was] against eight hundred slain on one occurrence.
2 Samuel 23:9 (show verse)
Next to him Eleazar, the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite, [was] among the three mighty warriors with David when they defied the Philistines and they gathered there for the battle and the men of Israel withdrew.
2 Samuel 23:10 (show verse)
He stood up and struck down the Philistines until his hand grew tired and his hand clung to the sword, and Yahweh brought about a great victory on that day. Then the army returned back to him only for stripping [the dead].
2 Samuel 23:11 (show verse)
Next to him [was] Shamma, the son of Agee the Hararite. When [the] Philistines assembled at Lehi, a plot of the field was there filled with lentils, and the army fled there from the presence of [the] Philistines.
2 Samuel 23:12 (show verse)
But he took a stand in the middle of the plot of land and defended it. He killed [the] Philistines, and Yahweh brought about a great victory.
2 Samuel 23:13 (show verse)
Then three of the thirty leaders went down and came to David {at the time of the harvest} to the cave of Adullam, while a group of [the] Philistines [were] camping in the valley of [the] Rephaim.
2 Samuel 23:14 (show verse)
Now at that time, David [was] in the stronghold, and a garrison of [the] Philistines [was] in Bethlehem at that [same] time
2 Samuel 23:15 (show verse)
David {said longingly}, "{Oh that someone would bring me a drink} of water from the well of Bethlehem that [is] at the gate."
2 Samuel 23:16 (show verse)
So three of the mighty warriors broke into the camp of [the] Philistines, and they drew water from the well of Bethlehem that [was] at the gate, and they carried [it] and brought [it] to David. But he [was] not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
2 Samuel 23:17 (show verse)
He said, "Far be it from me before Yahweh that I should do this. [Is this not] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?" So he [was] not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty warriors did.
2 Samuel 23:18 (show verse)
Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] himself the leader of the thirty. He [was] wielding his spear against three hundred slain and {gained a name} among the thirty.
2 Samuel 23:19 (show verse)
Among the thirty, is it not that he [was] honored and became a commander for them? But he did not come up to the three
2 Samuel 23:20 (show verse)
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of Ish-Hai, [was] a great [man] of deeds from Kabzeel. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
2 Samuel 23:21 (show verse)
He also killed a good-looking Egyptian man, in whose hand [was] a spear. He went down against him with the staff and snatched the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his spear
2 Samuel 23:22 (show verse)
These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and gained a name for himself among the three mighty warriors.
2 Samuel 23:23 (show verse)
He [was] honored more than the thirty, but he did not come up to the three. David appointed him in charge of his bodyguard.
2 Samuel 23:24 (show verse)
Among the thirty [were] Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
2 Samuel 23:25 (show verse)
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
2 Samuel 23:26 (show verse)
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
2 Samuel 23:27 (show verse)
Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
2 Samuel 23:28 (show verse)
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
2 Samuel 23:29 (show verse)
Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,
2 Samuel 23:30 (show verse)
Benaiah [the] Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,
2 Samuel 23:31 (show verse)
Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
2 Samuel 23:32 (show verse)
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan
2 Samuel 23:33 (show verse)
[the son] of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
2 Samuel 23:34 (show verse)
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
2 Samuel 23:35 (show verse)
Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
2 Samuel 23:36 (show verse)
Igal the son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite
2 Samuel 23:37 (show verse)
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the carriers of the weapons of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
2 Samuel 23:38 (show verse)
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite
2 Samuel 23:39 (show verse)
Uriah the Hittite; in all, thirty-seven.