The Reign of David

And Dauid longed, and said, Oh, that one would giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate.

Then these three brake thorowe the hoste of the Philistims, and drewe water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and tooke it and brought it to Dauid: but Dauid would not drinke of it, but powred it for an oblation to the Lord,

And said, Let not my God suffer me to do this: should I drinke the blood of these mens liues? for they haue brought it with the ieopardie of their liues: therefore he would not drinke it: these things did these three mightie men.

And Abishai the brother of Ioab, he was chiefe of the three, and he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, and slew them, and had the name among the three.

Among the three he was more honourable then the two, and he was their captaine: but he attained not vnto the first three.

Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a valiant man) which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, he slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also and slewe a lion in the middes of a pit in time of snowe.

And he slewe an Egyptian, a man of great stature, euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare like a weauers beame: and he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

These things did Benaiah ye sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies.

Behold, he was honourable among thirtie, but he attained not vnto the first three. And Dauid made him of his counsell.

These also were valiant men of warre, Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Shammoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite,

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

Sibbecai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

Maharai the Netophathite, Heled ye sonne of Baanah the Netophathite,

Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Beniamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Hurai of the riuers of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Azmaueth the Baharumite, Elihaba the Shaalbonite,

The sonnes of Hashem the Gizonite, Ionathan the sonne of Shageh the Harite,

Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Vr,

Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahiiah the Pelonite,

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the sonne of Ezbai,

Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the sonne of Haggeri,

Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour bearer of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah,

Ira the Ithrite, Garib the Ithrite,

Vriah the Hittite, Zabad the sonne of Ahlai,