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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>. 11:20 Abishai <052> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097> was <01961> head <07218> of the three <07969> elite <02490> warriors. He <01931> <01931> killed three <07969> hundred <03967> men with his spear <02595> and gained <05782> fame <08034> along with the three <07969> elite warriors. 11:21 From <04480> the three <07969> he was given double <08147> honor <03513> and he became <01961> their officer <08269>, even <05704> though he was <0935> not <03808> one of them <07969>. 11:22 Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> was a brave warrior <02428> warrior <0376> from Kabzeel <06909> who performed great <07227> exploits <06467>. He struck down <05221> the two <08147> sons of Ariel <0739> of Moab <04124>; he also went down <03381> and killed <05221> a lion <0738> inside <08432> a cistern <0953> on a snowy <07950> day <03117>. 11:23 He <01931> even killed <05221> an Egyptian <04713> who was seven and a half feet <0520> <02568> tall <04060>. The Egyptian <04713> had a spear <02595> as big as the crossbeam <04500> of a weaver’s <0707> loom; Benaiah attacked <03381> him with <0413> a club <07626>. He grabbed <01497> the spear <02595> out of the Egyptian’s <04713> hand <03027> and killed <02026> him with his own spear <02595>. 11:24 Such <0428> were the exploits <06213> of Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, who gained fame <08034> along with the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>. 11:25 He received honor <03513> from <04480> the thirty <07970> warriors, though he <01931> was not <03808> one of the three <07969> elite warriors. David <01732> put <07760> him in charge of <05921> his bodyguard <04928>. 11:26 The mighty <01368> warriors <02428> were: Asahel <06214> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>, Elhanan <0445> son <01121> of Dodo <01734>, from Bethlehem <01035>, 11:27 Shammoth <08054> the Harorite <02033>, Helez <02503> the Pelonite <06397>, 11:28 Ira <05896> son <01121> of Ikkesh <06142> the Tekoite <08621>, Abiezer <044> the Anathothite <06069>, 11:29 Sibbekai <05444> the Hushathite <02843>, Ilai <05866> the Ahohite <0266>, 11:30 Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>, Heled <02466> son <01121> of Baanah <01196> the Netophathite <05200>, 11:31 Ithai <0863> son <01121> <01121> of Ribai <07380> from Gibeah <01390> in Benjaminite <01144> territory, Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, 11:32 Hurai <02360> from the valleys <05158> of Gaash <01608>, Abiel <022> the Arbathite <06164>, 11:33 Azmaveth <05820> the Baharumite <0978>, Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>, 11:34 the sons <01121> of Hashem <02044> the Gizonite <01493>, Jonathan <03129> son <01121> of Shageh <07681> the Hararite <02043>, 11:35 Ahiam <0279> son <01121> of Sakar <07940> the Hararite <02043>, Eliphal <0465> son <01121> of Ur <0218>, 11:36 Hepher <02660> the Mekerathite <04382>, Ahijah <0281> the Pelonite <06397>, 11:37 Hezro <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Naarai <05293> son <01121> of Ezbai <0229>, 11:38 Joel <03100> the brother <0251> of Nathan <05416>, Mibhar <04006> son <01121> of Hagri <01905>, 11:39 Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai <05171> the Beerothite <01307>, the armor-bearer <03627> <05375> of Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, 11:40 Ira <05896> the Ithrite <03505>, Gareb <01619> the Ithrite <03505>, 11:41 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>, Zabad <02066> son <01121> of Achli <0304>, 11:42 Adina <05721> son <01121> of Shiza <07877> the Reubenite <07206>, leader <07218> of the Reubenites <07206> and the thirty <07970> warriors with him, 11:43 Hanan <02605> son <01121> of Maacah <04601>, Joshaphat <03146> the Mithnite <04981>, 11:44 Uzzia <05814> the Ashterathite <06254>, Shama <08091> and Jeiel <03273>, the sons <01121> of Hotham <02369> the Aroerite <06200>, 11:45 Jediael <03043> son <01121> of Shimri <08113>, and Joha <03109> his brother <0251>, the Tizite <08491>, 11:46 Eliel <0447> the Mahavite <04233>, and Jeribai <03403> and Joshaviah <03145>, the sons <01121> of Elnaam <0493>, and Ithmah <03495> the Moabite <04125>, 11:47 Eliel <0447>, and Obed <05744>, and Jaasiel <03300> the Mezobaite <04677>.

• 1Ch 11:10-47 -- David's Warriors

• 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...
  

• Pelonite

  [isbe] PELONITE - pel'-o-nit, pe'-lo-nit, pe-lo'-nit (peloni, a place-name): Two of David's heroes are thus described: (1) "Helez the Pelonite" (1 Ch 11:27) (see PALTITE); and (2) "Ahijah the Pelonite" (1 Ch 11:36).
  [nave] PELONITE 1. An Ephraimite, 1 Chr. 11:27; 27:10. 2. An appellation of Ahijah the prophet, 1 Chr. 11:36.
  

• JASHOBEAM

  [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 ...
  

• JASHEN

  [ebd] sleeping, called also Hashem (1 Chr. 11:34); a person, several of whose sons were in David's body-guard (2 Sam. 23:32).
  [isbe] JASHEN - ja'-shen, jash'-en (yashen, "asleep"(?)): Seemingly the father of some of David s thirty valiant men (2 Sam 23:32 f). The Massoretic Text reads "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Har...
  

• 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...
  

• Hagarene

  [ebd] or Hagarite. (1.) One of David's mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David's flocks. "A Hagarite had charge of David's flocks, and an Ishmaelite of his herds, be...
  

• 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...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 1

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...
  

• Eliphelet

  [ebd] God his deliverance. (1.) One of David's distinguished warriors (2 Sam. 23:34); called also Eliphal in 1 Chr. 11:35. (2.) One of the sons of David born at Jerusalem (1 Chr. 3:6; 14:5); called Elpalet in 1 Chr. 14:5. Also ano...
  

• David

  [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....
  [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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Benaiah

  [ebd] built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His exploits are enumerated in 2 Sam...
  [isbe] BENAIAH - be-na'-ya, be-ni'-a (benayah, benayahu, "Yahweh has built." Compare HPN, 182, 265, 268): (1) Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada of Kabzeel (compare Josh 15:21), was a man of "mighty deeds" and was more honorable than any...
  [smith] (made by the Lord). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, (1 Chronicles 27:5) of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, (2 Samuel 23:20) set by David, (1 Chronicles 11:25) over his body-guard. (2 Samuel 8...
  [nave] BENAIAH 1. Son of Jehoiada, commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites, 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kin. 1:38. A distinguished warrior, 2 Sam. 23:20-23; 1 Chr. 11:22-25; 27:5, 6. Loyal to Solomon, 1 Kin. 1:2; 4:4. 2. An Ephraimite, a...
  

• Ashtaroth

  [ebd] a city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:12), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1 Chr. 6:71). Uzzia, one of David's valia...
  

• 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...
  

• Ahohite

  [ebd] an epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon's captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David's three mightiest heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of the thirty (2 Sam. 23:28; 1 Chr. 11:29), from ...
  

• Abishai

  [ebd] father of (i.e., "desirous of") a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel (2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 2:16). Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when he went to the camp of ...
  [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...
  

• ATTAIN

  [isbe] ATTAIN - a-tan': The rendering of qanah = "buy," "get" (Prov 1:5); nasagh= "reach," "a meal-offering .... according as he is able" (Ezek 46:7 margin), "not attained unto the days" (Gen 47:9); yakhol or yakhowl ="be able," "o...
  

• ARMS, ARMOR

  [smith] The subject naturally divides itself into-- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive weapons: Armor. I. Offensive weapons. -- Apparently the earliest known and most widely used was the Chereb or SWORD. Very little can be ga...
  

• 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) ...
  

• 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...
  

• David's Mighty Men

  

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