2 Samuel 23 ~ 24

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23:8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was the chief of the captains; the same is Adino the Eznite, who fought against eight hundred, who were slain at one time. Compare
23:9After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the son of an Ahohite, one among the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel went away. Compare
23:10He rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary; and his hand clung to the sword, and Jehovah accomplished a great salvation that day; and the people returned after him, but only to strip the slain. Compare
23:11And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. Now the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of land full of lentils, and the people fled before the Philistines. Compare
23:12But he stationed himself in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck the Philistines, and Jehovah accomplished a great salvation. Compare
23:13Now three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David at harvest time in the cave of Adullam; and the Philistine troop was encamped in the valley of Rephaim. Compare
23:14Now at that time David was in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was at that time in Bethlehem. Compare
23:15And David said longingly, If only someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate! Compare
23:16And the three mighty men burst through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate. And they carried it and brought it to David, but he would not drink it; rather he poured it out to Jehovah. Compare
23:17And he said, Far be it from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. Compare
23:18And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he brandished his spear against three hundred, who were slain; and he had a name among the three. Compare
23:19He was indeed the most honored among the thirty, and he became their leader; but he did not attain to the three. Compare
23:20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, was great in mighty deeds. He struck the two sons of Ariel the Moabite; he also went down and struck a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. Compare
23:21And he struck an Egyptian, an imposing man. And the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian and slew him with his own spear. Compare
23:22These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and he had a name among the three mighty men. Compare
23:23He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. Compare
23:24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem; Compare
23:25Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite; Compare
23:26Helez the Paltite; Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; Compare
23:27Abiezer the Anathothite; Mebunnai the Hushathite; Compare
23:28Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite; Compare
23:29Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the children of Benjamin; Compare
23:30Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash; Compare
23:31Abi-albon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Barhumite; Compare
23:32Eliahba the Shaalbonite; of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan; Compare
23:33Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite; Compare
23:34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai; the son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite; Compare
23:35Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite; Compare
23:36Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah; Bani the Gadite; Compare
23:37Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, the armor bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; Compare
23:38Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite; Compare
23:39Uriah the Hittite. They were thirty-seven in all. Compare
24:1And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. Compare
24:2And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people. Compare
24:3And Joab said to the king, Now may Jehovah your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king may see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing? Compare
24:4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went forth before the king to count the people of Israel. Compare
24:5And they crossed the Jordan and encamped at Aroer to the right of the city, which was in the midst of the river valley, toward Gad and unto Jazer. Compare
24:6Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon. Compare
24:7And they came to the stronghold of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went on to the south of Judah at Beer-sheba. Compare
24:8And when they had gone about throughout all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. Compare
24:9And Joab gave the number of the count of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. Compare
24:10And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O Jehovah, put away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly. Compare
24:11And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to Gad the prophet, David's seer, saying, Compare
24:12Go and speak to David, Thus says Jehovah, I am offering you three things; choose one of them for Me to do for you. Compare
24:13So Gad went to David and told him these things. And he said to him, Shall seven years of famine come upon you in your land? Or shall you flee before your adversaries for three months while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence in your land? Consider now and see what word I should return to Him who sent me. Compare
24:14And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait; let us fall into the hand of Jehovah, for His compassions are great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man. Compare
24:15So Jehovah sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning until the appointed time; and seventy thousand people died among the people from Dan to Beer-sheba. Compare
24:16And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented of the harm. And He said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now hold back your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Compare
24:17And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel striking the people and said, It is I who have sinned, and it is I who have acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against the house of my father. Compare
24:18And Gad came to David on that day; and he said to him, Go up and raise up an altar to Jehovah on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Compare
24:19And David went up according to Gad's word, as Jehovah had commanded. Compare
24:20And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming over toward him. And Araunah went forth and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. Compare
24:21And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed among the people. Compare
24:22And Araunah said to David, May my lord the king take and offer up whatever seems good in his sight. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing instruments and the yokes for the oxen for the wood - Compare
24:23All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king. Then Araunah said to the king, May Jehovah your God accept you. Compare
24:24But the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it from you for a price, and I will not offer to Jehovah my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. Compare
24:25And there David built an altar to Jehovah, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And Jehovah responded to the entreaty for the land, and the plague was stayed in Israel. Compare

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