2 Samuel chapter 23 verses 8 through 39

David's mighty men

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had.

Joe Shabah Shibeth.

A ta-Hemanite, he was chief of the three.

He wielded his spear against 800 whom he killed at one time.

And next to him among the three mighty men was Elie Azar, the son of Dodo.

Son of Ahoy, he was with David when they defied the Philistines, who were gathered there for battle.

And the men of Israel withdrew. He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung

to the sword, and the Lord brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him

only to strip the slain. And next to him was Shama, the son of Aege, the Herorite.

The Philistines gathered together at Lehigh, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils,

and the men fled from the Philistines, but he took his stand in the midst of the plot

and defended it and struck down the Philistines, and the Lord worked a great victory.

And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the

cave of Adilam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Refam.

David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem,

and David said longly,

Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, that is by the gate.

Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem,

that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David.

But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the Lord and said,

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