23:1 And these [are] the last words of
David. Faithful [is] David the son of Jessae, and faithful the man whom the
Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful [are]
the psalms of Israel.
23:2 The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word [was] upon my tongue.
23:3 The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable:
I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?
23:4 And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from
the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the
tender grass upon the earth.
23:5 For my house [is] not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an
everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my
salvation and all my desire [is], that the wicked should not flourish.
23:6 All these [are] as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken
with the hand,
23:7 and a man shall not labour among them; and [one shall have] that which
is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, an he shall burn them
with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.
23:8 These [are] the names of the mighty men of David: Jebosthe the
Chananite is a captain of the third [part]: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his
sword against eight hundred soldiers at once.
23:9 And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among
the three mighty men with David; and when he defied the Philistines they
were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.
23:10 He arose an smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his
hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day,
and the people rested behind him only to strip [the slain].
23:11 And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines
were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of
lentiles; and the people fled before the Philistines.
23:12 And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and
smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
23:13 And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to
the cave of Odollam; and [there was] an army of the Philistines, and they
encamped in the valley of Raphain.
23:14 And David [was] then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the
Philistines [was] then in Bethleem.
23:15 And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the
well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines [was]
then in Bethleem.
23:16 And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they
took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it
out before the Lord.
23:17 And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, that I should drink
of the blood of the men who went at [the risk of] their lives: and he would
not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
23:18 And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he [was] chief among
the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew;
and he had a name among three.
23:19 Of those three [he was] most honourable, and he became a chief over
them, but he reached not to the [first] three.
23:20 And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in [mighty] deeds, from
Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and
smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
23:21 He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian
[was] a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff,
and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own
spear.
23:22 These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the
three mighty men.
23:23 He was honourable among the [second] three, but he reached not to the
[first] three: and David made him his reporter. And these [are] the names of
King David's mighty men.
23:24 Asael Joab's brother; he [was] among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi
his uncle in Bethleem.
23:25 Saema the Rudaean.
23:26 Selles the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite.
23:27 Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite.
23:28 Ellon the Aoite; Noere the Netophatite.
23:29 Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite;
Asmoth the Bardiamite; Emasu the Salabonite:
23:30 Adroi of the brooks.
23:31 Gadabiel son of the Arabothaeite.
23:32 the sons of Asan, Jonathan;
23:33 Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.
23:34 Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the
son of Achitophel the Gelonite.
23:35 Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uraeoerchi.
23:36 Gaal the son of Nathana. The son of much valour, [the son] of Galaaddi.
Elie the Ammanite.
23:37 Gelore the Bethorite, armour-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.
23:38 Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite.
23:39 Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all. |
23:1 Now these be the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the
anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even
a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by
clear shining after rain.
23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an
everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my
salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
23:7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the
staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same
place.
23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite
that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the
Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one
time.
23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three
mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there
gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his
hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day;
and the people returned after him only to spoil.
23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the
Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground
full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines.
23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the
Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the
harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines
pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was
then in Bethlehem.
23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took
it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but
poured it out unto the LORD.
23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not
this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he
would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among
three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and
had the name among three.
23:19 Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel,
who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also
and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in
his hand; but 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.
23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among
three mighty men.
23:23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three. And David set him over his guard.
23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of
Dodo of Bethlehem,
23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of
Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
23:32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
23:33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
23:34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
23:37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the
son of Zeruiah,
23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
23:39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. |