1 Então, todo o Israel se ajuntou a Davi, em Hebrom, dizendo: Somos do mesmo povo de que tu és. 2 Outrora, sendo Saul ainda rei, eras tu que fazias saídas e entradas militares com Israel; também o Senhor, teu Deus, te disse: Tu apascentarás o meu povo de Israel, serás chefe sobre o meu povo de Israel. 3 Assim, pois, todos os anciãos de Israel vieram ter com o rei em Hebrom; e Davi fez com eles aliança em Hebrom, perante o Senhor. Ungiram Davi rei sobre Israel, segundo a palavra do Senhor por intermédio de Samuel.
4 Partiu Davi e todo o Israel para Jerusalém, que é Jebus, porque ali estavam os jebuseus que habitavam naquela terra. 5 Disseram os moradores de Jebus a Davi: Tu não entrarás aqui. Porém Davi tomou a fortaleza de Sião; esta é a Cidade de Davi. 6 Porque disse Davi: Qualquer que primeiro ferir os jebuseus será chefe e comandante. Então, Joabe, filho de Zeruia, subiu primeiro e foi feito chefe. 7 Assim, habitou Davi na fortaleza, pelo que se chamou a Cidade de Davi. 8 E foi edificando a cidade em redor, desde Milo, completando o circuito; e Joabe renovou o resto da cidade. 9 Ia Davi crescendo em poder cada vez mais, porque o Senhor dos Exércitos era com ele.
10 São estes os principais valentes de Davi, que o apoiaram valorosamente no seu reino, com todo o Israel, para o fazerem rei, segundo a palavra do Senhor, no tocante a esse povo. 11 Eis a lista dos valentes de Davi: Jasobeão, hacmonita, o principal dos trinta, o qual, brandindo a sua lança contra trezentos, de uma vez os feriu. 12 Depois dele, Eleazar, filho de Dodô, o aoíta; ele estava entre os três valentes. 13 Este se achou com Davi em Pas-Damim, quando se ajuntaram ali os filisteus à peleja, onde havia um pedaço de terra cheio de cevada; e o povo fugiu de diante dos filisteus. 14 Puseram-se no meio daquele terreno, e o defenderam, e feriram os filisteus; e o Senhor efetuou grande livramento.
15 Três dos trinta cabeças desceram à penha, indo ter com Davi à caverna de Adulão; e o exército dos filisteus se acampara no vale dos Refains. 16 Davi estava na fortaleza, e a guarnição dos filisteus, em Belém. 17 Suspirou Davi e disse: Quem me dera beber água do poço que está junto à porta de Belém! 18 Então, aqueles três romperam pelo acampamento dos filisteus, e tiraram água do poço junto à porta de Belém, e tomaram-na, e a levaram a Davi; ele não a quis beber, mas a derramou como libação ao Senhor. 19 E disse: Longe de mim, ó meu Deus, fazer tal coisa; beberia eu o sangue dos homens que lá foram com perigo de sua vida? Pois, com perigo de sua vida, a trouxeram. De maneira que não a quis beber. São essas as coisas que fizeram os três valentes.
20 Também Abisai, irmão de Joabe, era cabeça dos trinta, o qual, brandindo a sua lança contra trezentos, os feriu; e tinha nome entre os primeiros três. 21 Era ele mais nobre do que os trinta e era o cabeça deles; contudo, aos primeiros três não chegou.
22 Também Benaia, filho de Joiada, era homem valente de Cabzeel e grande em obras; feriu ele dois heróis de Moabe. Desceu numa cova e nela matou um leão no tempo da neve. 23 Matou também um egípcio, homem da estatura de cinco côvados; o egípcio trazia na mão uma lança como o eixo do tecelão, mas Benaia o atacou com um cajado, arrancou-lhe da mão a lança e com ela o matou. 24 Estas coisas fez Benaia, filho de Joiada, pelo que teve nome entre os primeiros três valentes. 25 Era mais nobre do que os trinta, porém aos três primeiros não chegou, e Davi o pôs sobre a sua guarda.
26 Foram os heróis dos exércitos: Asael, irmão de Joabe, Elanã, filho de Dodô, de Belém; 27 Samote, harorita; Heles, pelonita; 28 Ira, filho de Iques, tecoíta; Abiezer, anatotita; 29 Sibecai, husatita; Ilai, aoíta; 30 Maarai, netofatita; Helede, filho de Baaná, netofatita; 31 Itai, filho de Ribai, de Gibeá, dos filhos de Benjamim; Benaia, piratonita; 32 Hurai, do ribeiro de Gaás; Abiel, arbatita; 33 Azmavete, baarumita; Eliaba, saalbonita; 34 Benê-Hasém, gizonita; Jônatas, filho de Sage, hararita; 35 Aião, filho de Sacar, hararita; Elifal, filho de Ur; 36 Héfer, mequeratita; Aías, pelonita; 37 Hezro, carmelita; Naarai, filho de Ezbai; 38 Joel, irmão de Natã; Mibar, filho de Hagri; 39 Zeleque, amonita; Naarai, beerotita, o que trazia as armas de Joabe, filho de Zeruia; 40 Ira, o itrita; Garebe, itrita; 41 Urias, heteu; Zabade, filho de Alai; 42 Adina, filho de Siza, rubenita, chefe dos rubenitas, e com ele trinta; 43 Hanã, filho de Maaca; Josafá, mitenita; 44 Uzias, asteratita, Sama e Jeiel, filhos de Hotão, aroerita; 45 Jediael, filho de Sinri, e Joá, seu irmão, tizita; 46 Eliel, maavita, Jeribai e Josavias, filhos de Elnaão; Itma, moabita; 47 Eliel, Obede e Jaasiel, de Zoba.
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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.'
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.
4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem--the same is Jebus--and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
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.
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.
7 And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
8 And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9 And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD of hosts was with him.
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.
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.
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty 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.
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.
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.
16 And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
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!'
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
25 Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three; and David set him over his guard.
26 Also the mighty men of valour: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite;
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite;
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite;
30 Mahrai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite;
31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite;
32 Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite;
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite;
34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite;
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur;
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite;
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai;
38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri;
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah;
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite;
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai;
42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;
43 Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite;
44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite;
45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite;
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite;
47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.