1 Chronicles 11:15-25

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15 Then three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, while ^athe camp of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. 16 And David was then in the fortress, while ^athe garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 17 Then 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!” 18 So the three 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, David was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh; 19 and he said, “Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went ¹at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
20 Now ¹Abshai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the ²thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred ³who were slain by him; and he had a name as well as the ²thirty. 21 Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the first three.
22 ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, 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. 23 He had also struck down an Egyptian, ¹an impressive man, ²five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was ^aa spear like a weaver’s beam, 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. 24 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men. 25 Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.

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