David Becomes King over All Israel

1And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh. 2And heretofore when Saul was king, thou wast he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a ruler over Israel. 3And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

David Conquers Jerusalem

4And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, this is Jebus; and there the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land said to David, 5Thou shalt not enter in hither. But he took the strong hold of Sion: this is the city of David. 6And David said, Whoever first smites the Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Saruia went up first, and became chief. 7And David dwelt in the strong hold; therefore he called it the city of David. 8And he fortified the city round about. 9And David continued to increase, and the Lord Almighty was with him.

David's Mightiest Warriors

10And these are the chiefs of the mighty men, whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 11And this is the list of the mighty men of David; Jesebada, son of Achaman, first of the thirty: he drew his sword once against three hundred whom he slew at one time.

12And after him Eleazar son of Dodai, the Achochite: he was among the three mighty men. 13He was with David in Phasodamin, and the Philistines were gathered there to battle, and there was a portion of the field full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines. 14And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.

15And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines was in the giants' valley. 16And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethleem. 17And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethleem, that is in the gate? 18And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem, which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said, 19God forbid that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? for with the peril of their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

David's Thirty Mighty Men

20And Abisa the brother of Joab, he was chief of three: he drew his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had a name among the second three. 21He was more famous than the two others of the three, and he was chief over them; yet he reached not to the first three.

22And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many were his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day. 23And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits high; and in the hand of the Egyptian there was a spear like a weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24These things did Banaia son of Jodae, and his name was among the three mighties. 25He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the first three: and David set him over his family.

26And the mighty men of the forces were, Asael the brother of Joab, Eleanan the son of Dodoe of Bethleem, 27Samaoth the Arorite, Chelles the Phelonite, 28Ora the son of Ekkis the Thecoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 29Sobochai the Usathite, Eli the Achonite, 30Marai the Netophathite, Chthaod the son of Nooza the Netophathite, 31Airi the son of Rebie of the hill of Benjamin, Banaias the Pharathonite, 32Uri of Nachali Gaas, Abiel the Garabaethite, 33Azbon the Baromite, Eliaba the Salabonite, 34the son of Asam the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Sola the Ararite, 35Achim the son of Achar the Ararite, Elphat the son of Thyrophar 36the Mechorathrite, Achia the Phellonite, 37Esere the Charmadaite, Naarai the son of Azobai, 38Joel the son of Nathan, Mebaal son of Agari, 39Sele the son of Ammoni, Nachor the Berothite, armour-bearer to the son of Saruia, 40Ira the Jethrite, Gaber the Jethrite, 41Uria the Chettite, Zabet son of Achaia, 42Adina son of Saeza, a chief of Ruben, and thirty with him, 43Anan the son of Moocha, and Josaphat the Matthanite, 44Ozia the Astarothite, Samatha and Jeiel sons of Chotham the Ararite, 45Jediel the son of Sameri, and Jozae his brother the Thosaite, 46Eliel the Maoite, and Jaribi, and Josia his son, Ellaam, and Jethama the Moabite, 47Daliel, and Obeth, and Jessiel of Mesobia.