1 Paralipomenon 11

¹All Israel therefore was gathered together to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.

²Yesterday also, and the day before, when Saul as yet reigned, thou wast he that didst lead out and lead in Israel: for to thee our Lord thy God said: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be Prince over it.

³All the ancients therefore of Israel came to the king into Hebron, and David entered into a league with them before our Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of our Lord, which he spake in the hand of Samuel.

⁴David also went, and all Israel into Jerusalem. This is Jebus, where the Jebuseites were the inhabiters of the land.

⁵And they that dwelt in Jebus, said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. Moreover David took the tower of Sion, which is the City of David,

⁶& he said: Every one that shall among the first strike the Jebusite, shall be the Prince & chief captain. Joab therefore the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the Prince.

⁷And David dwelt in the tower, and therefore it was called the City of David.

⁸And he built the City round about from Mello unto a round compass, and Joab built the rest of the city.

⁹And David prospered going and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.

¹⁰These are the Princes of the valiant men of David, which holp him to be made king over all Israel according to the word of our Lord, which he spake to Israel

¹¹And this is the number of David's strong ones: Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni Prince among thirty: this man lifted up his spear upon three hundred wounded at one time.

¹²And after him Eleazar his uncle's son an Ahohite, who was among the three mighties.

¹³This was with David in Phesdomim, when the Philisthiims were gathered to that place into battle: and the field of that country was full of barley, and the people was fled from the face of the Philisthiims.

¹⁴These stood in the midst of the field, and defended him: and when they had strucken the Philistheans, our Lord gave great health to his people.

¹⁵And there went down three of the thirty Princes to a rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the Philisthiims had camped in the Vale Raphaim.

¹⁶Moreover David was in a hold, and the ward of the Philisthimes in Bethlehem.

¹⁷David therefore desired and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

¹⁸These three therefore went forward through the midst of the camp of the Philisthiims, and drew water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, & brought it to David to drink: who would not, but rather offered it to our Lord,

¹⁹saying: God forbid that in the sight of my God I should do this, and should drink the blood of these men: because in the peril of their lives they have brought me the water. And for this cause he would not drink. These things did the three most valiants.

²⁰Abisai also the brother of Joab he was Prince of three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounded, and he was among three most renowned,

²¹and among the second three he the noble one, and Prince of them: but yet unto the three first he raught not.

²²Banaias the son of Joiada a most valiant man, of Cabseel: who had done many facts, he struck the two Ariel of Moab: & he went down, and slew the lion in the midst of the cistern in the time of snow.

²³And he struck the Ægyptian, whose stature was of five cubits, and which had a spear as the weaver's beam: he therefore went down to him with a rod, and by force took away the spear that he held in his hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²⁴These things did Banaias the son of Joiada, who was among the three valiants most renowned,

²⁵the first among thirty, but yet the three he raught not: and David made him of his counsel.

²⁶Moreover the most valiant men in the army, Asahel the brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son of his uncle of Bethlehem,

²⁷Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,

²⁸Ira the son of Acces a Thecaite, Abiezer an Anathothite,

²⁹Sobbochai an Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite,

³⁰Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of Baana a Netophathite.

³¹Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath the children of Benjamin, Banaia a Pharatonite,

³²Hurai of the Torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite.

³³The sons of Assem a Gezonite, Jonathan the son of Sage an Ararite,

³⁴Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,

³⁵Eliphal the son of Ur,

³⁶Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia Phelonite,

³⁷Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai,

³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son of Agarai.

³⁹Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Sarvia,

⁴⁰Ira a Jethreite, Gareb a Jethreite,

⁴¹Urias the Hetheite, Zabad the son of Oholi,

⁴²Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the Prince of the Rubenites, and with him thirty:

⁴³Hanan the son of Maacha, and Josaphat a Mathanite,

⁴⁴Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Jehiel the sons of Hotham an Arorite,

⁴⁵Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Joha his brother a Thosaite,

⁴⁶Eliel a Mahumite, and Jeribai, and Josaia the sons of Elnaim, and Jethma a Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Masobia.