Now these are the last words of David.David the son of Jesse declares,^aThe man who was raised on high declares,^bThe anointed of the God of Jacob,And the sweet psalmist of Israel,

8 ^aThese are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the ¹captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time; 9 and after him was Eleazar the son of ^aDodo the ^bson of Ahohi, one of the three mighty men with David when they ¹reproached the Philistines who were gathered together there to battle and the men of Israel had gone up to retreat. 10 ^aHe arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and ¹clung to the sword, and ^bYahweh brought about a great salvation that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.

11 Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a ^aHararite. And the Philistines were gathered ¹into a troop where there was a portion of the field full of lentils; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 12 But he took his stand in the midst of that portion and delivered it and struck down the Philistines. So ^aYahweh brought about a great salvation.

13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the ^acave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in ^bthe valley of Rephaim. 14 And David was then ^ain the fortress, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15 ^aThen David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” 16 ^aSo the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, he was not willing to drink it, but ^bpoured it out to Yahweh; 17 and he said, “Be it far from me, O Yahweh, that I should do this. ^aShall I drink the blood of the men who went ¹at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

18 ^aNow Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was ^bchief of the ¹thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred ²who were slain by him; and he had a name as well as the three. 19 Of the thirty he was most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three.

20 Then ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of ^bKabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the ¹two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. 21 He had also struck down an Egyptian, ¹an impressive man. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22 These things ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men. 23 He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.

24 ^aAsahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 ^aShammah the ^bHarodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the ^aTekoite, 27 Abiezer the ^aAnathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the ^aNetophathite, 29 ^aHeleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of ^bGibeah of the sons of Benjamin, 30 Benaiah a ^aPirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of ^bGaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the ^aBarhumite, 32 Eliahba the ^aShaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 ^aShammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of ^athe Maacathite, ^bEliam the son of ^cAhithophel the Gilonite, 35 ^aHezro the ^bCarmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of ^aZobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the ^aBeerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira the ^aIthrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 ^aUriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all.