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11:1 All <03605> Israel <03478> joined <06908> David <01732> at Hebron <02275> and said <0559>, “Look <02009>, we <0587> are your very flesh <01320> and blood <06106>! 11:2 In the past <08032>, even <01571> when Saul <07586> was <01961> king <04428>, you <0859> were Israel’s <03478> commanding <0935> <03318> general. The Lord <03068> your God <0430> said <0559> to you, ‘You <0859> will shepherd <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>; you <0859> will <01961> rule <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.’” 11:3 When all <03605> the leaders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935> to <0413> the king <04428> at Hebron <02275>, David <01732> made <03772> an agreement <01285> with them in Hebron <02275> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. They anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>, just as the Lord <03068> had announced <01697> through <03027> Samuel <08050>. 11:4 David <01732> and the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> army advanced <01980> to Jerusalem <03389> (that <01931> is, Jebus <02982>). (The Jebusites <02983>, the land’s <0776> original inhabitants, lived <03427> there <08033>.) 11:5 The residents <03427> of Jebus <02982> said <0559> to David <01732>, “You cannot <03808> invade <0935> this place <02008>!” But David <01732> captured <03920> the fortress <04686> of Zion <06726> (that <01931> is, the City <05892> of David <01732>). 11:6 David <01732> said <0559>, “Whoever <03605> attacks <05221> the Jebusites <02983> first <07223> will become <01961> commanding <07218> general <08269>!” So Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> attacked <05927> first <07223> and became <01961> commander <07218>. 11:7 David <01732> lived <03427> in the fortress <04679>; for this reason <03651> <05921> it is called <07121> the City <05892> of David <01732>. 11:8 He built up <01129> the city <05892> around <05439> it, from <04480> the terrace <04407> to <05704> the surrounding <05439> walls; Joab <03097> restored <02421> the rest <07605> of the city <05892>. 11:9 David’s <01732> power steadily grew <01419> <01980> <01980>, for the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> was with <05973> him. 11:10 These <0428> were the leaders <07218> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368> who <0834> helped establish <02388> and stabilize his rule over <04427> all <03605> Israel <03478>, in accordance <05921> with the Lord’s <03068> word <01697>. 11:11 This <0428> is the list <04557> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368>: Jashobeam <03434>, a Hacmonite <02453> <01121>, was head <07218> of the officers <07970>. He killed <02491> three <07969> hundred <03967> men with <05782> his spear <02595> in a single <0259> battle. 11:12 Next in command <0310> was Eleazar <0499> son <01121> of Dodo <01734> the Ahohite <0266>. He <01931> was one of the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>. 11:13 He <01931> was <01961> with <05973> David <01732> in Pas Dammim <06450> when the Philistines <06430> assembled <0622> there <08033> for battle <04421>. In an area <02513> of the field <07704> that was full <04392> of barley <08184>, the army <05971> retreated <05127> before <06440> the Philistines <06430>, 11:14 but then they made a stand <03320> in the middle <08432> of that area <02513>. They defended <05337> it and defeated <05221> the <0853> Philistines <06430>; the Lord <03068> gave <03467> them a great <01419> victory <08668>. 11:15 Three <07969> of <04480> the thirty <07970> leaders <07218> went down <03381> to <0413> David <01732> at <05921> the rocky cliff <06697> at <0413> the cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>, while a Philistine <06430> force <04264> was camped <02583> in the Valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>. 11:16 David <01732> was in the stronghold <04686> at the time <0227> <0227>, while a Philistine <06430> garrison <05333> was in Bethlehem <01035>. 11:17 David <01732> was thirsty <0183> and said <0559>, “How <04310> I wish someone would give me some water <04325> to drink <08248> from the cistern <0953> in Bethlehem <01035> near the city gate <08179>!” 11:18 So the three <07969> elite warriors broke through <01234> the Philistine <06430> forces <04264> and drew <07579> some water <04325> from the cistern <0953> in Bethlehem <01035> near the city gate <08179>. They carried <05375> it back <0935> to <0413> David <01732>, but David <01732> refused <014> <03808> to drink <08354> it. He poured <05258> it out <05258> as a drink offering to the Lord <03068> 11:19 and said <0559>, “God <0430> forbid <02486> that I should do <06213> this <02063>! Should I drink <08354> the blood <01818> of these <0428> men <0582> who risked their lives <05315>?” Because <03588> they risked their lives <05315> to bring <0935> it to him, he refused <014> <03808> to drink <08354> it. Such <0428> were the exploits <06213> of the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>.

• 1Ch 11:1-3 -- David Becomes King
• 1Ch 11:4-9 -- David Conquers Jerusalem
• 1Ch 11:10-47 -- David's Warriors

• David

  [ebd] beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25. As to his personal ...
  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  [smith] (well-beloved), the son of Jesse. His life may be divided into three portions: His youth before his introduction to the court of Saul; His relations with Saul; His reign. The early life of David contains in many important re...
  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• AMASAI

  [isbe] AMASAI - a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2): (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Ch 6:25; 2 Ch 29:12). (2) ...
  

• Captain

  [nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• GIANTS

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and hence "monste...
  [smith] men of extraordinary size or height. They are first spoken of in (Genesis 6:4) under the name Nephilim. We are told in (Genesis 6:1-4) that "there were Nephilim in the earth," and that afterwards the "sons of God" mingling w...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Jashobeam

  [ebd] dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite (1 Chr. 11:11), one of David's chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to...
  [isbe] JASHOBEAM - ja-sho'-be-am (yashobh`am, probably "people will return"; see discussion of names compounded with `am, in HPN, 41-59): Jashobeam is mentioned in three passages (1 Ch 11:11; 12:6 (Hebrew 7); 27:2 f), but opinions ...
  [smith] (to whom the people turn), named first among the chief of the mighty men of David. (1 Chronicles 11:11) (B.C. 1046.) He came to David at Ziklag. His distinguishing exploit was that he slew 300 (or 800,) (2 Samuel 23:8) ...
  [nave] JASHOBEAM, 1. One of David's warriors, 2 Sam. 23:8; 1 Chr. 11:11; 27:2. 2. A Korhite Levite, 1 Chr. 12:6.
  

• Adullam

  [isbe] ADULLAM - a-dul'-am (`adhullam): (1) A city, with dependencies, and in ancient times having a king, mentioned five times in the Old Testament, each time in a list with other cities (Josh 12:15; 15:35; 2 Ch 11:7; Mic 1:15; Ne...
  [smith] (justice of the people), Apocr. ODOLLAM, a city of Judah int he lowland of the Shefelah, (Joshua 15:35) the seat of a Canaanite king, (Joshua 12:15) and evidently a place of great antiquity. (Genesis 38:1,12,20) Fortified by ...
  [nave] ADULLAM 1. A cave near the Dead Sea. David takes refuge in, 1 Sam. 22:1; 2 Sam. 23:13; 1 Chr. 11:15. See titles of Psalms 57 and 142. 2. An ancient city of Canaan, Gen. 38:1; Josh. 12:15; 15:35; 2 Chr. 11:7; Neh. 11:30; Mic...
  

• JEBUS

  [ebd] trodden hard, or fastness, or "the waterless hill", the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg. 19:10, and with the castle or city of Da...
  [isbe] JEBUS - je'-bus (yebhuc; Iebous): In Jdg 19:10,11, "Jebus (the same is Jerusalem)"; 1 Ch 11:4,5, "Jerusalem (the same is Jebus)." It was once thought that this was the first name of Jerusalem, as indeed might be suggested by...
  [smith] (threshing-floor), one of the names of Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites, are called JEBUSI. (Joshua 15:8; 18:16,28; Judges 19:10,11; 1 Chronicles 11:4,5) [JERUSALEM]
  

• Abishai

  [nave] ABISHAI Son of Zeruiah, David's sister, 1 Chr. 2:16. One of David's chief men, 2 Sam. 23:18. Seeks Saul's life, 1 Sam. 26:6-8. Pursues and slays Abner, 2 Sam. 2:24; 3:30. Defeats the Edomites, 1 Chr. 18:12; the Ammonites...
  

• Zion

  [ebd] sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height...
  [nave] ZION, called also Sion, stronghold of Jerusalem. Taken from the Jebusites by David, 2 Sam. 5:6-9; 1 Chr. 11:5-7. Called thereafter "the city of David,'' 2 Sam. 5:7, 9; 6:12, 16; 1 Kin. 8:1; 1 Chr. 11:5, 7; 15:1, 29; 2 Chr. 5...
  

• Eleazar

  [ebd] God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary ...
  [isbe] ELEAZAR - el-e-a'-zar, e-le-a'-zar ('el-`azar; Eleazar, "God is helper"): (1) The 3rd son of Aaron by Elisheba (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2). He married one of the daughters of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas (Ex 6:25). With his father an...
  [smith] (help of God). Third son of Aaron. After the death of Nadab and Abihu without children, (Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:4) Eleazar was appointed chief over the principal Levites. (Numbers 3:32) With his brother Ithamar he ministe...
  [nave] ELEAZAR 1. Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1. Married a daughter of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas, Ex. 6:25. After the death of Nadab and Abihu is made chief of the tribe of Levi, Num. 3:32. Duties of, Num. 4:16. Succeeds Aar...
  

• Hareth

  [ebd] thicket, a wood in the mountains of Judah where David hid when pursued by Saul (1 Sam. 22:5). It was possibly while he was here that the memorable incident narrated in 2 Sam. 23:14-17, 1 Chr. 11:16-19 occurred. This place ha...
  

• Millo

  [isbe] MILLO - mil'-o. (millo generally interpreted to mean a "filling," e.g. a solid tower or an earth embankment; in Jdg 9:6,20; 2 Ki 12:20, we get beth millo', translated in English Versions of the Bible "House of Millo," which ...
  [smith] (a rampart, mound) a place in ancient Jerusalem. Both name and place seem to have been already in existence when the city was taken from the Jebusites by David. (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Chronicles 11:8) Its repair or restoratio...
  [nave] MILLO 1. The house of Millo, possibly a clan at Shechem, Judg. 9:6, 20. 2. A name given to part of the citadel of Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 5:9; 1 Chr. 11:8. King Solomon raises a levy to repair, 1 Kin. 9:15, 24; 11:27. Repaired ...
  

• Castle

  [ebd] a military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a kind of watch-tower, from wh...
  [nave] CASTLE A tower, Gen. 25:16; Num. 31:10; 1 Chr. 11:5, 7; 2 Chr. 17:12; 27:4; Acts 21:34, 37; 23:10, 16, 32. Bars of, Prov. 18:19. For the doctrine, "The house is my castle,'' see Deut. 24:10, 11. See: Fort; Tower.
  

• Dodo

  [ebd] amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4. (3.) A Be...
  [smith] (loving). A man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, who was one of David?s thirty captains. (2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26) He is a different person from DODO THE AHOHITE, father of Eleazar, the second of the three m...
  [nave] DODO 1. A descendant of Issachar, Judg. 10:1. 2. One of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12. Called Dodai, 1 Chr. 27:4. 3. A Bethlehemite, 2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chr. 11:26.
  

• Joab

  [isbe] JOAB - jo'-ab (yo'-abh, "Yahweh is father"; Ioab): (1) Son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was "captain of the host" (compare 2 Sam 19:13) under David. 1. Joab and Abner: (a) Joab is first introduced in the narrative of the w...
  [nave] JOAB 1. Son of David's sister, 1 Chr. 2:16. Commander of David's army, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:23; 1 Chr. 11:6; 18:15; 27:34. Dedicated spoils of his battles, 1 Chr. 26:28. Defeated the Jebusites, 1 Chr. 11:6. Defeats and slays ...
  

• Hachmoni

  [smith] (wise) Son of, and The Hach?monite. (1 Chronicles 11:11; 27:32) Hachmon or Hachmoni was no doubt the founder of a family to which these men belonged: the actual father of Jashobeam was Zabdiel, (1 Chronicles 27:2) and h...
  [nave] HACHMONI, father of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 11:11; 27:32.
  

• PARCEL

  [isbe] PARCEL - par'-sel: Properly "a little part," in Elizabethan English being used in almost any sense. In the King James Version of Gen 33:19; Josh 24:32; Ruth 4:3; 1 Ch 11:13,14 it is the translation of chelqah; Jn 4:5 of chor...
  

• David's Mighty Men

  

• Conquering Jerusalem

  

• King over Israel

  

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