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David Becomes King of All Israel
Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.
Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.
David Becomes King over All Israel
And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Even aforetime, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah thy God said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.
So there at Hebron, David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel.
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 through Samuel.
David Captures Jerusalem
Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (or Jebus, as it used to be called), where the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land, were living.
David Conquers Jerusalem
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
The people of Jebus taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here!” But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.
David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s armies.
And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.
And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.
And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD of Heaven’s Armies was with him.
And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.
David’s Mightiest Warriors
These are the leaders of David’s mighty warriors. Together with all Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the LORD had promised concerning Israel.
David's Mightiest Warriors
And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain [by him] at one time.
And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was one of the three mighty men.
He was with David when the Philistines gathered for battle at Pas-dammim and attacked the Israelites in a field full of barley. The Israelite army fled,
He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines were gathered together to battle; and there was [there] a plot of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.
And they stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.
Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty — an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.
And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.
And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!
So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.
And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men [who went] at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
David's Thirty Mighty Men
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.
Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.
Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
He also smote the 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 plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Deeds like these made Benaiah as famous as the three mightiest warriors.
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
He was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. And David made him captain of his bodyguard.
Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.
David’s mighty warriors also included:
Asahel, Joab’s brother;
Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem;
Asahel, Joab’s brother;
Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem;
And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;
Abiezer from Anathoth;
Abiezer from Anathoth;
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
Maharai from Netophah;
Heled son of Baanah from Netophah;
Heled son of Baanah from Netophah;
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);
Benaiah from Pirathon;
Benaiah from Pirathon;
Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
Bene-Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
Joel, the brother of Nathan;
Mibhar son of Hagri;
Mibhar son of Hagri;
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
Zelek from Ammon;
Naharai from Beeroth, the armor bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;
Naharai from Beeroth, the armor bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Adina son of Shiza, the Reubenite leader who had thirty men with him;
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;
Hanan son of Maacah;
Joshaphat from Mithna;
Joshaphat from Mithna;
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
Uzzia from Ashtaroth;
Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer;
Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer;
Uzzia the Ashtarothite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
Jediael son of Shimri;
Joha, his brother, from Tiz;
Joha, his brother, from Tiz;
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
Eliel from Mahavah;
Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam;
Ithmah from Moab;
Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam;
Ithmah from Moab;
Eliel of Mahavim, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Jithmah the Moabite,