1 Chronicles 11

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

Therfor al Israel was gaderid to Dauid in Ebron, and seide, We ben thi boon and thi fleisch;

2 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD thy God said unto thee: Thou shalt feed My people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over My people Israel.'

also yisterdai and the thridde dai ago, whanne Saul regnede yit on Israel, thou it were that leddist out and leddist in Israel; for `thi Lord God seide to thee, Thou schalt fede my puple Israel, and thou schalt be prince on it.

3 So all the elders of Israel came 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 the hand of Samuel.

Therfor alle the gretter in birthe of Israel camen to the kyng in Ebron; and Dauid maad with hem a boond of pees bifor the Lord, and thei anoyntiden hym kyng on Israel, bi the word of the Lord, which he spak in the hond of Samuel.

4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem — the same is Jebus — and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

Therfor Dauid yede, and al Israel, in to Jerusalem; this Jerusalem is Jebus, where Jebuseis enhabiteris of the lond weren.

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: 'Thou shalt not come in hither.' Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

And thei that dwelliden at Jebus seiden to Dauid, Thou schalt not entre hidur. Forsothe Dauid took the hiy tour of Syon, which is the citee of Dauid;

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

and he seide, Ech man that `sleeth first Jebusei, schal be prince and duyk. Therfor Joab, sone of Saruye, stiede first, and was maad prince.

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

Sotheli Dauid dwellide in the hiy tour, and therfor it was clepid the cytee of Dauid;

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

and he bildide the citee in cumpas fro Mello til to the cumpas; forsothe Joab bildide the tother part of the citee.

9 And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD of hosts was with him.

And Dauid profitide goynge and wexynge, and the Lord of oostis was with hym.

10 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who held strongly with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

These ben the princes of the stronge men of Dauid, that helpiden hym, that he schulde be kyng on al Israel, bi the word of the Lord which he spak to Israel.

11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.

And this is the noumbre of the stronge men of Dauid; Jesbaam, the sone of Achamony, was prince among thretti; this reiside his schaft ethir spere on thre hundrid woundid men in o tyme.

12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

And after hym was Eleazar, the sone of his fadris brothir, and was `a man of Ahoit, which Eleazar was among thre miyti men.

13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

This was with Dauid in Aphesdomyn, whanne Filisteis weren gaderid to o place in to batel; and a feeld of that cuntrey was ful of barli, and the puple fledde fro the face of Filisteis.

14 But they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory.

This Eleazar stood in the myddis of the feeld, and defendide it; and whanne he hadde slayn Filisteis, the Lord yaf greet helthe to his puple.

15 And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, unto the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Sotheli thre of thritti princes yeden doun to the stoon, wher ynne Dauid was, to the denne of Odolla, whanne Filisteis settiden tentis in the valey of Raphaym.

16 And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

Forsothe Dauid was in a strong hold, and the stacioun, `that is, the oost gaderid, of Filisteis was in Bethleem.

17 And David longed, and said: 'Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!'

Therfor Dauid desiride watir, and seide, Y wolde, that sum man yaf to me water of the cisterne of Bethleem, which is in the yate.

18 And the three broke 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 thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD,

Therfor these thre yeden thoruy the myddil of the castelis of Filisteis, and drowen watir of the cisterne of Bethleem, that was in the yate, and thei brouyten to Dauid, that he schulde drynke; and Dauid nolde `drynke it, but rather he offride it to the Lord, and seide, Fer be it,

19 and said: 'My God forbid it me, that I should do this; 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 the three mighty men.

that Y do this thing in the siyt of my God, and that Y drynke the blood of these men, for in the perel of her lyues thei brouyten watir to me; and for this cause he nolde drynke. Thre strongeste men diden these thingis.

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

Also Abisai, the brother of Joab, he was the prince of thre men, and he reiside his schaft ayens thre hundrid woundid men; and he was moost named among thre,

21 Of the three in the second rank he was the most honourable, and was made their captain; howbeit he attained not to the first three.

among the secounde thre he was noble, and the prince of hem; netheles he cam not til to the firste thre.

22 Beniah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

Banaye, the sone of Joiada, strongest man of Capsael, that dide many werkis; he killide two stronge men of Moab; and he yede doun, and killide a lioun in the myddil of a cisterne, in the tyme of snow;

23 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.

and he killide a man of Egipt, whos stature was of fyue cubitis, and he hadde a spere as the beem of webbis; therfor Banaye yede doun to hym with a yerde, and rauyschide the spere, which he held in the hond, and killide hym with his owne spere.

24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

Banaye, the sone of Joiada, dide these thingis, that was moost named among thre stronge men, and was the firste among thretti;

25 Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three; and David set him over his guard.

netheles he cam not til to the thre; sotheli Dauid settide hym at his eere.

26 Also the mighty men of valour: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;

Forsothe the strongeste men `in the oost weren Asael, the brother of Joab, and Eleanan, the sone of his fadris brothir of Bethleem,

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite;

Semynoth Arorites, Helles Phallonytes, Iras,

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite;

the sone of Acces of Thecue, Abieser of Anathot,

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite;

Sobochay Sochites, Ylai Achoytes,

30 Mahrai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite;

Maray Nethophatithes, Heles, the sone of Banaa, Nethophatithes, Ethaa,

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite;

the sone of Rabai, of Gabaath of the sones of Beniamyn; Banaye Pharatonythes, men of the stronde Gaas,

32 Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite;

Abihel Arabatithes, Azmoth Baruanythes, Eliaba Salaonythes,

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite;

the sones of Assem Gesonythes, Jonathan, the sone of Saga, Ararithes, Achiam,

34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite;

the sone of Achar, Ararites,

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

Eliphal, the sone of Mapher,

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite;

Mechoratithes, Ahya Phellonythes,

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai;

Asrahi Carmelites, Neoray,

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

the sone of Thasbi, Johel, the brother of Nathan, Mabar, the sone of Aggaray, Selech Ammonythes,

39 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah;

Nooray Berothites, the squyer of Joab, sone of Saruye,

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite;

Iras Jetreus, Gareb Jethreus,

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai;

Vrie Ethei, Sabab,

42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

the sone of Ooli, Adyna, the sone of Segar Rubenytes, prince of Rubenytis, and thritti men with hym;

43 Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite;

Hanan, the sone of Macha, and Josaphath Mathanythes, Ozias Astarothites,

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite;

Semma and Jahel, the sones of Hotayn Aroerites,

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

Ledihel, the sone of Zamri, and Joha, his brother, Thosaythes,

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

Hehiel Maanytes, Jerybay and Josia, the sones of Helnaen, Jethma Moabites,

47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

Heliel, and Obed, and Jasihel of Masobia.