1 Chronicles 11
1 Therfor al Israel was gaderid to Dauid in Ebron, and seide, We ben thi boon and thi fleisch;
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 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.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
3 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.
Therefore 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.
4 Therfor Dauid yede, and al Israel, in to Jerusalem; this Jerusalem is Jebus, where Jebuseis enhabiteris of the lond weren.
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
5 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;
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come here. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
6 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.
And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
7 Sotheli Dauid dwellide in the hiy tour, and therfor it was clepid the cytee of Dauid;
And David dwelled in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
8 and he bildide the citee in cumpas fro Mello til to the cumpas; forsothe Joab bildide the tother part of the citee.
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9 And Dauid profitide goynge and wexynge, and the Lord of oostis was with hym.
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
10 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.
These 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.
11 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.
And 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.
12 And after hym was Eleazar, the sone of his fadris brothir, and was `a man of Ahoit, which Eleazar was among thre miyti men.
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
13 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.
He was with David at Pasdammim, 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.
14 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.
And they set themselves in the middle of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
15 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.
Now 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.
16 Forsothe Dauid was in a strong hold, and the stacioun, `that is, the oost gaderid, of Filisteis was in Bethleem.
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.
17 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.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
18 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,
And the three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, 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.
19 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.
And 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.
20 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,
And 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.
21 among the secounde thre he was noble, and the prince of hem; netheles he cam not til to the firste thre.
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: however, he attained not to the first three.
22 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;
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lion like men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
23 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.
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.
24 Banaye, the sone of Joiada, dide these thingis, that was moost named among thre stronge men, and was the firste among thretti;
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighty men.
25 netheles he cam not til to the thre; sotheli Dauid settide hym at his eere.
Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
26 Forsothe the strongeste men `in the oost weren Asael, the brother of Joab, and Eleanan, the sone of his fadris brothir of Bethleem,
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
27 Semynoth Arorites, Helles Phallonytes, Iras,
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28 the sone of Acces of Thecue, Abieser of Anathot,
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
29 Sobochay Sochites, Ylai Achoytes,
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30 Maray Nethophatithes, Heles, the sone of Banaa, Nethophatithes, Ethaa,
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
31 the sone of Rabai, of Gabaath of the sones of Beniamyn; Banaye Pharatonythes, men of the stronde Gaas,
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32 Abihel Arabatithes, Azmoth Baruanythes, Eliaba Salaonythes,
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33 the sones of Assem Gesonythes, Jonathan, the sone of Saga, Ararithes, Achiam,
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34 the sone of Achar, Ararites,
The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
35 Eliphal, the sone of Mapher,
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 Mechoratithes, Ahya Phellonythes,
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37 Asrahi Carmelites, Neoray,
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
38 the sone of Thasbi, Johel, the brother of Nathan, Mabar, the sone of Aggaray, Selech Ammonythes,
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
39 Nooray Berothites, the squyer of Joab, sone of Saruye,
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
40 Iras Jetreus, Gareb Jethreus,
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41 Vrie Ethei, Sabab,
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
42 the sone of Ooli, Adyna, the sone of Segar Rubenytes, prince of Rubenytis, and thritti men with hym;
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
43 Hanan, the sone of Macha, and Josaphath Mathanythes, Ozias Astarothites,
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Semma and Jahel, the sones of Hotayn Aroerites,
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
45 Ledihel, the sone of Zamri, and Joha, his brother, Thosaythes,
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
46 Hehiel Maanytes, Jerybay and Josia, the sones of Helnaen, Jethma Moabites,
Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Heliel, and Obed, and Jasihel of Masobia.
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
