2 Samuel 23:13-39

13And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the acave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped bin the Valley of Rephaim. 14David was then cin the stronghold, and dthe garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. 15And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!” 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 Lord 17and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink ethe blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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.
19He was the most renowned of the thirty
Compare 1 Chronicles 11:25; Hebrew Was he the most renowned of the three?
and became their commander, but he did not attain to ithe three.

20And jBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man
Or the son of Ishhai
of lKabzeel, 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. 23He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.

24 nAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 oShammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh pof Tekoa, 27Abiezer qof Anathoth, Mebunnai rthe Hushathite, 28Zalmon sthe Ahohite, Maharai tof Netophah, 29Heleb the son of Baanah uof Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of vGibeah of the people of Benjamin, 30Benaiah wof Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of xGaash, 31Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of yBahurim, 32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 zShammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai aaof Maacah, abEliam the son of acAhithophel the Gilonite, 35Hezro
Or Hezrai
aeof Carmel, Paarai the Arbite,
36Igal the son of Nathan afof Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai agof Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 ahIra the aiIthrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 ajUriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

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