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David Becomes King of All Israel

Then all Israel gathered before David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.

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David Becomes King over All Israel

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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In the past,a even when Saul was king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD your God told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be the leader of my people Israel.’”

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And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

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So there at Hebron, David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel.

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Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

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David Captures Jerusalem

Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (or Jebus, as it used to be called), where the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land, were living.

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David Conquers Jerusalem

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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The people of Jebus taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here!” But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.

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And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

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David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s armies.

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And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

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David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.

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And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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He extended the city from the supporting terracesb to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.

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And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

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So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.

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David’s Mightiest Warriors

These are the leaders of David’s mighty warriors. Together with all Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the LORD had promised concerning Israel.

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David's Mightiest Warriors

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

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Here is the record of David’s mightiest warriors: The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three — the mightiest warriors among David’s men.c He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.

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And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

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Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai,d a descendant of Ahoah.

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And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

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He was with David when the Philistines gathered for battle at Pas-dammim and attacked the Israelites in a field full of barley. The Israelite army fled,

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He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

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but Eleazar and Davide held their ground in the middle of the field and beat back the Philistines. So the LORD saved them by giving them a great victory.

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And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

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Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty — an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.

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Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.

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And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

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David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate 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, that is at the gate!

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So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.

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And the three 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: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

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“God forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as precious as the blood of these menf who risked their lives to bring it to me.” So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.

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And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

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David’s Thirty Mighty Men

Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty.g He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.

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David's Thirty Mighty Men

And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

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Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.

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Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

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There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two championsh of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.

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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: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

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Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7 1/2 feeti tall and who was armed with a spear as thick as a weaver’s beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.

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And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and 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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Deeds like these made Benaiah as famous as the three mightiest warriors.

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These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

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He was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. And David made him captain of his bodyguard.

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Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

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David’s mighty warriors also included:
Asahel, Joab’s brother;
Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem;

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Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Shammah from Harod;j
Helez from Pelon;

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Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

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Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;
Abiezer from Anathoth;

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Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

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Sibbecai from Hushah;
Zalmonk from Ahoah;

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Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

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Maharai from Netophah;
Heled son of Baanah from Netophah;

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Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

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Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);
Benaiah from Pirathon;

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Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

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Hurai from near Nahale-gaashl;
Abi-albonm from Arabah;

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Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

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Azmaveth from Bahurimn;
Eliahba from Shaalbon;

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Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

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the sons of Jasheno from Gizon;
Jonathan son of Shagee from Harar;

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The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

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Ahiam son of Shararp from Harar;
Eliphal son of Ur;

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Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

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Hepher from Mekerah;
Ahijah from Pelon;

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Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

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Hezro from Carmel;
Paaraiq son of Ezbai;

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Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

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Joel, the brother of Nathan;
Mibhar son of Hagri;

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Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

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Zelek from Ammon;
Naharai from Beeroth, the armor bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;

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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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Ira from Jattir;
Gareb from Jattir;

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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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Uriah the Hittite;
Zabad son of Ahlai;

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Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

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Adina son of Shiza, the Reubenite leader who had thirty men with him;

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Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

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Hanan son of Maacah;
Joshaphat from Mithna;

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Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

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Uzzia from Ashtaroth;
Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer;

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Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

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Jediael son of Shimri;
Joha, his brother, from Tiz;

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Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

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Eliel from Mahavah;
Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam;
Ithmah from Moab;

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Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

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Eliel and Obed;
Jaasiel from Zobah.r

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Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

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