1Now 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 , 2The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue . 3The 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 . 4And 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 . 5Although 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 . 6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away , because they cannot be taken with hands : 7But 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 .
David's Mighty Men
8These 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 . 9And 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 : 10He 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 . 11And 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 lentiles : and the people fled from the Philistines . 12But he stood in the midst of the ground , and defended it, and slew the Philistines : and the LORD wrought a great victory . 13And 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 . 14And David was then in an hold , and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem . 15And David longed , and said , Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem , which is by the gate ! 16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines , and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem , 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 . 17And 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 . 18And 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 . 19Was he not most honourable of three ? therefore he was their captain : howbeit he attained not unto the first three . 20And 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 : 21And 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 . 22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada , and had the name among three mighty men . 23He was more honourable than the thirty , but he attained not to the first three . And David set him over his guard . 24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty ; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem , 25Shammah the Harodite , Elika the Harodite , 26Helez the Paltite , Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite , 27Abiezer the Anethothite , Mebunnai the Hushathite , 28Zalmon the Ahohite , Maharai the Netophathite , 29Heleb the son of Baanah , a Netophathite , Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin , 30Benaiah the Pirathonite , Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash , 31Abi-albon the Arbathite , Azmaveth the Barhumite , 32Eliahba the Shaalbonite , of the sons of Jashen , Jonathan , 33Shammah the Hararite , Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite , 34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai , the son of the Maachathite , Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite , 35Hezrai the Carmelite , Paarai the Arbite , 36Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah , Bani the Gadite , 37Zelek the Ammonite , Naharai the Beerothite , armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah , 38Ira an Ithrite , Gareb an Ithrite , 39Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in all.