2 Samuel 23
The Last Words of
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Now these be the last words of
David.
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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,
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The Spirit of the LORD spake by me,
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and his word was in my
tongue. |
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The God of Israel said,
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the Rock of Israel spake to me, |
He that ruleth over men must be just, |
ruling in the fear of
God. |
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And he shall be as the light of
the morning, when the sun riseth,
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even a morning without clouds; |
as the tender grass springing out of
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by clear shining after
rain. |
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Although my house be not so with
God;
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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. |
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But the sons of Be'li-al shall
be all of them as thorns thrust away,
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because they cannot be taken with
hands: |
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but the man that shall touch
them
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must be fenced with iron and the staff of a
spear; |
and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. |
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David's Mighty
Men |
1 Chr. 11.10-47 |
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These be the names of the mighty
men whom David had: The Tach'monite that sat in the seat, chief
among the captains; the same was Ad'ino the Eznite: he
lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one
time.
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And after him was Ele-a'zar the
son of Dodo the Aho'hite, 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:
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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.
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And after him was Shammah the
son of Agee the Ha'rarite. 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.
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But he stood in the midst of the ground,
and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
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And three of the thirty chief went
down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of
Adul'lam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of
Reph'a-im.
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And David was then in a hold, and
the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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And Ab'ishai, the brother of Jo'ab, the
son of Zeru-i'ah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear
against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name
among three.
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Was he not most honorable of three?
therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
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And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, the
son of a valiant man, of Kab'zeel, 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.
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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.
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These things did Benai'ah the son
of Jehoi'ada, and had the name among three mighty men.
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He was more honorable than the thirty,
but he attained not to the first three. And David set him
over his guard.
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As'ahel the brother of Jo'ab was one of the thirty; Elha'nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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Shammah the Ha'rodite, Eli'ka the
Ha'rodite,
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Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh
the Teko'ite,
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Abi-e'zer the Anetho'thite, Mebun'nai the
Hu'shathite,
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Zalmon the Aho'hite, Ma'harai the
Netoph'athite,
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Heleb the son of Ba'anah, a
Netoph'athite, It'tai the son of Ri'bai out of Gib'e-ah of the
children of Benjamin,
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Benai'ah the Pira'thonite, Hid'dai of the
brooks of Ga'ash,
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Ab'i-al'bon the Ar'bathite, Azma'veth the
Bar'humite,
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Eli'ahba the Sha-al'bonite, of the sons
of Jashen, Jonathan,
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Shammah the Ha'rarite, Ahi'am the son of
Sharar the Ha'rarite,
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Eliph'elet the son of Ahas'bai, the son
of the Ma-ach'athite, Eli'am the son of Ahith'ophel the
Gi'lonite,
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Hez'rai the Car'melite, Pa'arai the
Arbite,
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Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the
Gadite,
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Zelek the Ammonite, Na'hari the
Beer'othite, armor-bearer to Jo'ab the son of Zeru-i'ah,
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Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an
Ithrite,
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Uri'ah the Hittite: thirty and seven in
all.
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