1   Al Israel therfore was gathered together to Dauid in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. ^note

2   Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul as yet reigned, thou wast he that didst leade out and leade in Israel: for to thee our Lord thy God sayd: Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince ouer it.

3   Al the ancientes therfore of Israel came to the king into Hebron, and Dauid entred into a league with them before our Lord: and they annoynted him king ouer Israel, according to the word of our Lord, which he spake in the hand of Samuel.

4   Dauid also went, and al Israel into Ierusalem this is Iebus, where the Iebuseites were the inhabiters of the land.

5   And they that dwelt in Iebus, sayd to Dauid: Thou shalt not come in here. Moreouer Dauid tooke the towre of Sion, which is the Citie of Dauid,

6   and he sayd: Euerie one that shal among the first strike the Iebuseite, shal be the prince and chiefe captayne. Ioab therfore the sonne of Saruia went vp first, and was made the prince.

7   And Dauid dwelt in the towre, and therfore it was called the Citie of Dauid.

8   And he built the citie round about from Mello vnto a round compasse, and Ioab built the rest of the citie.

9   And dauid prospered going and increasing, and the Lord of hostes was with him.

10   These are the princes of the valiant men of Dauid, which holpe him to be made king ouer al Israel according to the word of our Lord, which he spake to Israel.

11   And this is the number of dauids strong ones: Iesbaam the sonne of Hachamoni prince among thirtie: this man lifted vp his speare vpon three hundred wounded at one time.

12   And after him Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahohite, who was among the three mighties.

13   This was with Dauid in Phesdomim, when the Philisthijms were gathered to that place into battel: and the field of that countrie was ful of barley, and the people was fled from the face of the Philisthimes.

14   These stood in the middes of the fielde, and defended

Dauid. him: and when they had striken the Philistheans, our Lord gaue great health to his people.

15   And there went downe three of the thirtie princes to a rocke, wherin Dauid was, to the caue of Odollam, when the Philisthijms had camped in the Vale raphaim.

16   Moreouer dauid was in a hold, and the ward of the Phelisthimes in Bethlehem.

17   Dauid therfore desired and sayd: O that some man would giue me water of the cesterne of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

18   These three therfore went forward through the middes of the campe of the Philisthimes, and drewe water of the cesterne of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to Dauid to drinke: who would not, but tather offered it to our Lord,

19   saying: God forbid that in the sight of my God I should doe this, and should drinke the bloud of these men: because in the peril of their liues they haue brought me the water. And for this cause he would not drinke. These thinges did the three most valiantes.

20   Abisai also the brother of Ioab he was prince of three, and he lifted vp his speare agaynst three hundred wounded, and he was among three most renowned,

21   and among the second three he the noble one, and prince of them: but yet vnto the three first he taught not.

22   Banaias the sonne of Ioiada a most valiant man, of Cabseel: who had done manie factes, he stroke the ^note two ariel of Moab: and he went downe, and slewe the lion in the middes of the cisterne in the time of snow.

23   And he storke the Aegyptian, whose stature was of fiue cubites, and which had a speare as the weauers beame: he therfore went downe to him with a rod, and by force tooke away the speare, that he held in his hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

24   These thinges did Banaias the sonne of Ioiada, who was among the three valiantes most renowned,

25   the first among thirtie, but yet the three he raught not: and Dauid made him of his counsel.

26   Moreouer the most valiant men in the armie, Asahel the brother of Ioab, and Elchanan the sonne of his vncle of Bethlehem,

28   Sammoth an Arortie, Helles a Phalonite,

28   Ira the the sonne of Acces a Thecaite, Abiezer an Anathothite,

29   Sobbochai an Husathire, Ilai an Ahohite,

31   Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the sonne of Baana a Netophathite,

31   Ethai the sonne of Ribai of Gabaath the children of Beniamin, Banaia a Pharatonite,

32   Hurai of the Torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite.

Dauid.

33   The sonnes of Assem a Gezonite, Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Ararite,

34   Ahiam the sonne of Sachar an Ararite,

35   Eliphal the sonne of Vr,

35   Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia Phelonite,

36   Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the sonne of Azbai,

37   Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the sonne of Agarai.

38   Selet an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite the armour bearer of Ioab the sonne of Saruia,

39   Ira a Iethreite, Gareb a Iethreite,

40   Vrias the Hetheite, Zabad the sonne of Oholi,

41   Adina the sonne of Sizaa Rubenite the prince of the Rubenites, & with him thirtie:

42   Hanan the sonne of Maacha, and Iosaphat a Mathanite,

43   Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Iehiel the sonnes of Hotham an Arorite,

44   Iedihel the sonne of Zamri, and Ioha his brother a Thosaite,

45   Eliel a Mahumite, and Ieribai, and Iosaia the sonnes of Elnaim, and Iethma a Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Iasiel of Masobia.

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