1 Samuel 16:18
18One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, aa man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, band the Lord is with him.”1 Samuel 17:34-36
34But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, cfor he has defied the armies of the living God.”1 Samuel 17:50
50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.2 Samuel 15:18
18And dall his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from eGath, passed on before the king.2 Samuel 21:18-22
18 fAfter this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then gSibbecai hthe Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants iof the giants. 19And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and jElhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, kthe shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ▼▼Contrast 1 Chronicles 20:5, which may preserve the original reading
20And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended mfrom the giants. 21And when nhe taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down. 22These four were descended ofrom the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. 2 Samuel 23:8-9
David’s Mighty Men
8 pThese are the names of the mighty men whom David had: qJosheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. ▼▼Or of the captains
He wielded his spear ▼▼Compare 1 Chronicles 11:11; the meaning of the Hebrew expression is uncertain
against eight hundred whom he killed at one time. 9And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of tDodo, son of uAhohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.
2 Samuel 23:16
16Then 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 Lord2 Samuel 23:18
18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. ▼▼Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts three
And he wielded his spear against three hundred men ▼▼Or slain ones
and killed them and won a name beside the three. 2 Samuel 23:20-22
20And xBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man ▼▼Or the son of Ishhai
of zKabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels ▼▼The meaning of the word ariel is unknown
of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
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