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David’s Last Words

Now these are the last words of David.
Thus says David the son of Jesse;
Thus says the man raised up on high,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel:

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The Last Words of David

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

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“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.

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“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
his word is on my tongue.

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The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling in the fear of God.

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The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling in the fear of God,

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And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’

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he dawns on them like the morning light,
like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
like rainb that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

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“Although my house is not so with God,
Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant,
Ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
Will He not make it increase?

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“For does not my house stand so with God?
For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things and secure.
For will he not cause to prosper
all my help and my desire?

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But the sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away,
Because they cannot be taken with hands.

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But worthless menc are all like thorns that are thrown away,
for they cannot be taken with the hand;

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But the man who touches them
Must be [a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

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but the man who touches them
arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
and they are utterly consumed with fire.”d

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David’s Mighty Men

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: [b]Josheb-Basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief among [c]the captains. He was called Adino the Eznite, because he had killed eight hundred men at one time.

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David’s Mighty Men

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three.e He wielded his spearf against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.

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And after him was Eleazar the son of [d]Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel had retreated.

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And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.

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He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

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He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the Lord brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain.

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And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines.

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And next to him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi,g where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the men fled from the Philistines.

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But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.

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But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck down the Philistines, and the Lord worked a great victory.

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Then three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

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David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

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And David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

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And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

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So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord.

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Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the Lord

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And he said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this! Is this not the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it.
These things were done by the three mighty men.

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and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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Now Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of [e]another three. He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

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Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.h And he wielded his spear against three hundred meni and killed them and won a name beside the three.

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Was he not the most honored of three? Therefore he became their captain. However, he did not attain to the first three.

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He was the most renowned of the thirtyj and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

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Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, [f]who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant mank of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two arielsl of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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And he killed an Egyptian, [g]a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men.

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

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He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

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He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.

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

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

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Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

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Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod,

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

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

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Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

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Abiezer of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

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Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

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Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah,

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Heleb the son of Baanah (the Netophathite), Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

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Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the people of Benjamin,

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Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,

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Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

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Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

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Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,

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Eliahba the Shaalbonite (of the sons of Jashen), Jonathan,

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Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

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Shammah the [h]Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

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

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Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

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

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[i]Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

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Hezrom of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite,

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

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

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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),

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

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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

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Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

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2 Samuel 23

2 Samuel 23