1 Chronicles 11

David Made King Over All Israel

1 Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.2 Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord your God said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.3 Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

The City of David

4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.5 But the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here! Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).6 Now David said, Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.7 Then David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the City of David.8 And he built the city around it, from the Millo to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city.9 So David went on and became great, and the Lord of hosts was with him.

The Mighty Men of David

10 Now these were the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; he had lifted up his spear against three hundred, killed by him at one time.12 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.13 He was with David at Pasdammim. Now there the Philistines were gathered for battle, and there was a piece of ground full of barley. So the people fled from the Philistines.14 But they stationed themselves in the middle of that field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.15 Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.16 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.17 And David said with longing, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!18 So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord.19 And he said, Far be it from me, O my God, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.20 Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.21 Of the three he was more honored than the other two men. Therefore he became their captain. However he did not attain to the first three.22 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, five cubits tall. In the Egyptians hand there was a spear like a weavers beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and killed him with his own spear.24 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men.25 Indeed he was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.26 Also the mighty warriors were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,29 Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite,35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite (the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite (a chief of the Reubenites) and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

1 CHRONICLES 11

David Becomes //King of Israel

(2 Samuel 5.1-3)

1 Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, “We are your relatives, 2 and we know that you have led our army into battle, even when Saul was still our king. The [Lord] God has promised that you would rule our country and take care of us like a shepherd.

3 So we have come to crown you king of Israel.”
David made an agreement with the leaders and asked the [Lord] to be their witness. Then the leaders poured olive oil on David's head to show that he was now king of Israel. This happened just as the [Lord]'s prophet Samuel had said.

David Captures Jerusalem

(2 Samuel 5.6-10)

5 The Jebusites said, “You won't be able to get in here!” But David captured the fortress of Mount Zion, which is now called the City of David.

6 David had told his troops, “The first soldier to kill a Jebusite will become my army commander.” And since Joab son of Zeruiah attacked first, he became commander.
7 Later, David moved to the fortress—that's why it's called the City of David.

8 He had the city rebuilt, starting at the landfill on the east side.t Meanwhile, Joab supervised the repairs to the rest of the city.

9 David became a great and strong ruler, because the [Lord] All-Powerful was on his side.

The Three Warriors

(2 Samuel 23.8-17)

10 The [Lord] had promised that David would become king, and so everyone in Israel gave David their support. Certain warriors also helped keep his kingdom strong.

11 The first of these warriors was Jashobeam the son of Hachmoni, the leader of the Three Warriors.t In one battle he killed 300 men with his spear.
12 Another one of the Three Warriors was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. 13 During a battle against the Philistines at Pas-Dammim, all the Israelite soldiers ran away,

14 except Eleazar, who stayed with David. They took their positions in a nearby barley field and defeated the Philistines! The [Lord] gave Israel a great victory that day.
15 One time the Three Warriorst went to meet David among the rocks at Adullam Cave. The Philistine army had set up camp in Rephaim Valley 16 and had taken over Bethlehem. David was in a fortress,

17 and he said, “I'm very thirsty. I wish I had a drink of water from the well by the gate to Bethlehem.”
18 The Three Warriors sneaked through the Philistine camp and got some water from the well near Bethlehem's gate. They took it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured out the water as a sacrifice to the [Lord]

19 and said, “Drinking this water would be like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives to get it for me.”
The Three Warriors did these brave deeds.

The Thirty Warriors

(2 Samuel 23.18-39)

21 and was more famous than the rest of the Thirty Warriors. He was their commander, but he never became one of the Three Warriors.t
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a brave man from Kabzeel who did some amazing things. One time he killed two of Moab's best fighters, and one snowy day he went into a pit and killed a lion. 23 Another time he killed an Egyptian who was over two meters tall and was armed with a spear. Benaiah only had a club, so he grabbed the spear from the Egyptian and killed him with it. 24 Benaiah did things like that; he was just as brave as the Three Warriors,

25 even though he never became one of them. And he was certainly as famous as the rest of the Thirty Warriors. So David made him the leader of his own bodyguard.

26-47 Here is a list of the other famous warriors:
Asahel the brother of Joab; Elhanan the son of Dodo from Bethlehem; Shammoth from Haror; Helez from Pelon; Ira the son of Ikkesh from Tekoa; Abiezer from Anathoth; Sibbecai the Hushathite; Ilait the Ahohite; Maharai from Netophah; Heled the son of Baanah from Netophah; Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin; Benaiah from Pirathon; Hurait from near the streams on Mount Gaash; Abiel from Arbah; Azmaveth from Baharum; Eliahba from Shaalbon; Hashemt the Gizonite; Jonathan the son of Shagee from Harar; Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite; Eliphal the son of Ur; Hepher from Mecherah; Ahijah from Pelon; Hezro from Carmel; Naarai the son of Ezbai; Joel the brother of Nathan; Mibhar the son of Hagri; Zelek from Ammon; Naharai from Beeroth who carried Joab's weapons; Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite; Uriah the Hittite; Zabad the son of Ahlai; Adina the son of Shiza, a leader in the Reuben tribe, and 30 of his soldiers; Hanan the son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithan; Uzzia from Ashterah; Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham from Aroer; Jediael and Joha the sons of Shimri from Tiz; Eliel from Mahavah; Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam; Ithmah from Moab; Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel from Mezobah.