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"In times*past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD your Godsaid to you, 'You shall shepherd My peopleIsrael, and you shall be princeover My peopleIsrael.' "
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So all the elders of Israelcame to the king at Hebron, and Davidmade a covenant with them in Hebronbefore the LORD; and they anointedDavidkingoverIsrael, according to the word of the LORDthroughSamuel.
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Now these are the heads of the mightymenwhomDavid had, who gave him strongsupport in his kingdom, together with allIsrael, to make him king, according to the word of the LORDconcerningIsrael.
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These constitute the list of the mightymenwhomDavid had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spearagainstthreehundred whom he killed at onetime.
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He was with David at Pasdammim when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of groundfull of barley; and the peoplefledbefore* the Philistines.
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Now three of the thirtychiefmenwentdown to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
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So the threebrokethrough the camp of the Philistines and drewwater from the well of Bethlehemwhich was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless Davidwould not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD;
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and he said, "Be it far from me before my God that I should dothis. Shall I drink the blood of thesemen who went at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore he would not drink it. Thesethings the threemightymendid.
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As for Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the thirty, and he swung his spearagainstthreehundred and killed them; and he had a name as well as the thirty.
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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiantman of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struckdown the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also wentdown and killed a lioninside a pit on a snowyday.
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He killed an Egyptian, a man of great staturefivecubits tall. Now in the Egyptian'shand was a spear like a weaver'sbeam, but he wentdown to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian'shand and killed him with his own spear.