1 Chronicles 11
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1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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2And 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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3Therefore 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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4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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5And 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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6And 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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7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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9So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
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10These 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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11And 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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12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
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13He was with David at Pas-dammim, 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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14And 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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15Now 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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16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem.
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17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!
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18And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, 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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19And 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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20And 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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21Of 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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22Benaiah 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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23And 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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24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
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25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
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26Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
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27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
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28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
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29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
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30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
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31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
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32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
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33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
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34The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
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35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
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36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
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37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
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38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
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39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
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40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
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42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
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43Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
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44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
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45Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
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46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
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47Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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Deuteronomy 17:15Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choos...1 Chronicles 12:23¶ And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and c...Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with h...Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for...1 Kings 2:11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigne...
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2 Samuel 5:2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and...John 10:4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep fol...2 Samuel 7:7In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I...Psalms 78:71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people...1 Samuel 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren:...
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1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have...1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful cou...2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a le...1 Samuel 16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and th...2 Samuel 2:4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of...
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Judges 1:21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jeru...Joshua 15:63¶ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could...Joshua 15:8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of...1 Chronicles 11:5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Neverthe...Genesis 15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heaven...Psalms 87:5And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest...1 Samuel 17:36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine s...Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but...1 Kings 8:1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, th...
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2 Samuel 8:16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud...2 Samuel 20:23¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was...1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to def...Joshua 15:16¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I g...2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak...
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Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and we...2 Kings 12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Mi...1 Kings 9:15¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the...1 Kings 11:27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon buil...Judges 9:20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and...
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2 Samuel 3:1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but Dav...Isaiah 41:10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will s...Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LOR...Esther 9:4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all...
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1 Chronicles 11:3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a...1 Chronicles 12:38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron,...1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful cou...2 Samuel 23:8¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat i...1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have...
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1 Chronicles 27:4And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course...2 Samuel 23:9And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty m...1 Chronicles 11:19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the bl...1 Chronicles 8:4And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,2 Samuel 23:23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three....
Cross References
1 Chronicles 11:1
Deuteronomy 17:15Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choos...1 Chronicles 12:23¶ And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and c...Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with h...Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for...1 Kings 2:11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigne...
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2 Samuel 5:2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and...John 10:4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep fol...2 Samuel 7:7In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I...Psalms 78:71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people...1 Samuel 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren:...
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1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have...1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful cou...2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a le...1 Samuel 16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and th...2 Samuel 2:4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of...
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Judges 1:21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jeru...Joshua 15:63¶ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could...Joshua 15:8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of...1 Chronicles 11:5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Neverthe...Genesis 15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heaven...Psalms 87:5And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest...1 Samuel 17:36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine s...Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but...1 Kings 8:1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, th...
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2 Samuel 8:16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud...2 Samuel 20:23¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was...1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to def...Joshua 15:16¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I g...2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak...
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Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and we...2 Kings 12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Mi...1 Kings 9:15¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the...1 Kings 11:27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon buil...Judges 9:20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and...
1 Chronicles 11:9
2 Samuel 3:1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but Dav...Isaiah 41:10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will s...Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LOR...Esther 9:4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all...
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1 Chronicles 11:3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a...1 Chronicles 12:38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron,...1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful cou...2 Samuel 23:8¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat i...1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have...
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1 Chronicles 11:12
1 Chronicles 27:4And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course...2 Samuel 23:9And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty m...1 Chronicles 11:19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the bl...1 Chronicles 8:4And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,2 Samuel 23:23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three....