Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,

The brother of Micah: Isshiah. Zechariah from the sons of Isshiah.

Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the leader of the family.

The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)

Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem,

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul.

There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom.

The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.