1 Chronicles 11

1 And all Israel is gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh;

And they gathered together all Israel to David Hebron towards saying here! [are] bone your and flesh your we.

2 even in time past, even in Saul’s being king, it is you who are taking out and bringing in Israel, and your God YHWH says to you: You feed My people Israel, and you are leader over My people Israel.”

Both yesterday as well as three days ago also when was Saul king you [were] the [one who] led out and the [one who] brought Israel and he said Yahweh God your to you you you will shepherd people my Israel and you you will be ruler over people my Israel.

3 And all [the] elderly of Israel come to the king at Hebron, and David makes a covenant with them in Hebron before YHWH, and they anoint David for king over Israel, according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Samuel.

And they came all [the] elders of Israel to the king Hebron towards and he made to them David a covenant at Hebron before Yahweh and they anointed David to king over Israel according to [the] word of Yahweh by [the] hand of Samuel.

4 And David goes, and all Israel, to Jerusalem—it [is] Jebus—and the Jebusite [is] there, the inhabitants of the land.

And he went David and all Israel Jerusalem it [was] Jebus and [were] there the Jebusite[s] [the] inhabitants of the land.

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus say to David, “You do not come in here”; and David captures the fortress of Zion—it [is] the City of David.

And they said [the] inhabitants of Jebus to David not you will enter here and he captured David [the] stronghold of Zion it [was] [the] city of David.

6 And David says, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite first becomes head and prince”; and Joab son of Zeruiah goes up first and becomes head.

And he had said David any [one who] strikes down a Jebusite at the first he will become a chief and a commander and he went up at the first Joab [the] son of Zeruiah and he became a chief.

7 And David dwells in the fortress, therefore they have called it the City of David;

And he dwelt David in the fortress there-fore people called it [the] city of David.

8 and he builds the city all around, from Millo, and to the circumference, and Joab restores the rest of the city.

And he built the city from round about from the Millo and to the surroundings and Joab he restored [the] remainder of the city.

9 And David goes, going on and becoming great, and YHWH of Hosts [is] with him.

And he went David continuously and becoming great and Yahweh of hosts [was] with him.

10 And these [are] heads of the mighty ones whom David has, who are strengthening themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause him to reign, according to the word of YHWH, over Israel.

And these [were] [the] chiefs of the mighty [men] who [belonged] to David who held strongly with him in kingdom his with all Israel to make king him according to [the] word of Yahweh on Israel.

11 And this [is] an account of the mighty ones whom David has: Jashobeam son of a Hachmonite [is] head of the thirty; he is lifting up his spear against three hundred—wounded, at one time.

And these [are] [the] number of the mighty [men] who [belonged] to David Jashobeam a son of a Hacmonite [was] [the] chief of (the officers *Q(K)*) he he wielded spear his on three hundred [one] slain at a time one.

12 And after him [is] Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, he [is] among the three mighty;

And after him Eleazar [the] son of Dodo the Ahohite he [was] among three the mighty [men].

13 he has been with David in Pas-Dammim, and the Philistines have been gathered there to battle, and a portion of the field is full of barley, and the people have fled from the face of the Philistines,

He he was with David at Pas Dammim and the Philistines they were gathered there for battle and it was [the] portion of the field full barley and the people they fled from before [the] Philistines.

14 and they station themselves in the midst of the portion, and deliver it, and strike the Philistines, and YHWH saves [with] a great salvation.

And they took their stand in [the] middle of the portion and they defended it and they struck down [the] Philistines and he delivered Yahweh a deliverance great.

15 And three of the thirty heads go down on the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines is encamping in the Valley of Rephaim,

And they went down three of the thirty chief to the rock to David to [the] cave of Adullam and [the] camp of [the] Philistines [was] encamped in [the] valley of [the] Rephaites.

16 and David [is] then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,

And David then [was] in the stronghold and [the] garrison of [the] Philistines then [was] at Beth-lehem.

17 and David longs and says, “Who gives me water to drink from the well of Beth-Lehem that [is] at the gate!”

(And he craved *Q(k)*) David and he said who? will he give to drink me water from [the] well of Beth-lehem which [is] at the gate.

18 And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem that [is] at the gate, and carry and bring [it] to David, and David has not been willing to drink it, and pours it out to YHWH,

And they broke through the three in [the] camp of [the] Philistines and they drew water from [the] well of Beth-lehem which [was] at the gate and they carried [them] and they brought [them] to David and not he was willing David to drink them and he poured out them to Yahweh.

19 and says, “Far be it from me, by my God, to do this; do I drink the blood of these men with their lives? For with their lives they have brought it”; and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] the three mighty ones did.

And he said far be it to me from God my from doing this [thing] ¿ [the] blood of the men these will I drink by lives their for by lives their they brought them and not he was willing to drink them these [things] they did [the] three the mighty [men].

20 And Abishai brother of Joab, he has been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred—wounded, and has a name among three.

And Abishai [the] brother of Joab he he was [the] chief of the three and he he wielded spear his on three hundred [one] slain (and [belonged] to him *Q(K)*) a name with the three.

21 Of the three he is more honored than the [other] two, and becomes their head; but he has not come to the [first] three.

More than the three by twofold [he was] honored and he became of them a commander and to the three not he came.

22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valor, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he has struck the two lion-like Moabites, and he has gone down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.

Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada [was] a son of a man of strength great of deeds from Kabzeel he he struck down two Ariel of Moab and he he went down and he struck down the lion in [the] midst of the pit on [the] day of the snow.

23 And he has struck the man, the Egyptian, a man of [great] measure—five by the cubit—and in the hand of the Egyptian [is] a spear like a weavers’ beam, and he goes down to him with a rod, and violently takes away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slays him with his own spear.

And he he struck down the man Egyptian a man of stature - five by the cubit and [was] in [the] hand of the Egyptian a spear like a beam of weavers and he went down to him with the club and he tore away the spear from [the] hand of the Egyptian and he killed him with own spear his.

24 These [things] Benaiah son of Jehoiada has done, and has a name among the three mighty ones.

These [things] he did Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada and [belonged] to him a name with three the mighty [men].

25 Of the thirty, behold, he [is] honored, but he has not come to the [first] three, and David sets him over his guard.

More than the thirty there he [was] honored he and to the three not he came and he appointed him David over bodyguard his.

26 And the mighty ones of the forces [are] Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem,

And [the] mighty [men] of strength Asah-el [the] brother of Joab Elhanan [the] son of Dodo from Beth-lehem.

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

Shammoth the Harorite Helez the Pelonite.

28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-Ezer the Annethothite,

Ira [the] son of Ikkesh the Tekoite Abiezer the Anathothite.

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

Sibbecai the Hushathite Ilai the Ahohite.

30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Maharai the Netophathite Heled [the] son of Baanah the Netophathite.

31 Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Ittai [the] son of Ribai from Gibeah of [the] descendants of Benjamin. Benaiah the Pirathonite.

32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Hurai from [the] wadis of Gaash. Abiel the Arbathite.

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

Azmaveth the Baharumite Eliahba the Shaalbonite.

34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shage the Hararite,

[the] sons of Hashem the Gizonite Jonathan [the] son of Shageh the Hararite.

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

Ahiam [the] son of Sakar the Hararite Eliphal [the] son of Ur.

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

Hepher the Mekerathite Ahijah the Pelonite.

37 Hezor the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,

Hezro the Carmelite Naarai [the] son of Ezbai.

38 Joel brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Haggeri,

Joel [the] brother of Nathan Mibhar [the] son of Hagri.

39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah,

Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite [the] bearer of [the] weapons of Joab [the] son of Zeruiah.

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite.

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

Uriah the Hittite Zabad [the] son of Ahlai.

42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, head of the Reubenites, and thirty by him,

Adina [the] son of Shiza the Reubenite a chief of the Reubenite[s] and with him thirty [warriors].

43 Hanan son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Hanan [the] son of Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite.

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

Uzzia the Ashterathite Shama (and Jeiel *Q(K)*) [the] sons of Hotham the Aroerite.

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

Jediael [the] son of Shimri and Joha brother his the Tizite.

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

Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah [the] sons of Elnaam and Ithmah the Moabite.

47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mesobaite.

Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.