Now these be the lastwords of David. David the son of Jessesaid, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweetpsalmist of Israel, said,
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morningwithoutclouds; as the tendergrassspringing out of the earth by clearshiningafterrain.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hathmadewith me an everlastingcovenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
These be the names of the mighty men whomDavid had: The Tachmonitethat sat in the seat, chiefamong the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spearagainsteighthundred, whom he slew at one time.
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the threemighty men withDavid, whentheydefied the Philistinesthatweretheregatheredtogether to battle, and the men of Israelweregoneaway:
He arose, and smote the Philistinesuntil his hand was weary, and his handclaveunto the sword: and the LORDwrought a greatvictorythat day; and the peoplereturnedafter him only to spoil.
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistinesweregatheredtogetherinto a troop, where was a piece of groundfull of lentiles: and the peoplefledfrom the Philistines.
And three of the thirtychiefwentdown, and came to David in the harvesttimeunto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistinespitched in the valley of Rephaim.
And the threemighty men brakethrough the host of the Philistines, and drewwater out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drinkthereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men thatwent in jeopardy of theirlives? therefore he would not drink it. Thesethings did thesethreemighty men.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chiefamongthree. And he lifted up his spearagainstthreehundred, and slewthem, and had the nameamongthree.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had donemanyacts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he wentdownalso and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he wentdown to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’shand, and slew him with his own spear.