10:1And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.

10:2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

10:3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him, and he was terrified by the archers.

10:4Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

10:5And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

10:6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

10:7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

10:8And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

10:9And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.

10:10And they put his armour in the house of their god, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

10:11And when all they of Jabesh-Gilead heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

10:12all the valiant men arose, and took up the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth of Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

10:13And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;

10:14and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

11:1And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

11:2Even aforetime, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah thy God said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.

11:3And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of Jehovah through Samuel.

11:4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

11:5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

11:6And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

11:7And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

11:8And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.

11:9And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

11:10And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

11:11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain by him at one time.

11:12And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was one of the three mighty men.

11:13He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines were gathered together to battle; and there was there a plot of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.

11:14And they stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

11:15And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

11:16And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

11:17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

11:18And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

11:19And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

11:20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

11:21Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

11:22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

11:23He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

11:24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

11:25Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

11:26And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

11:27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

11:28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

11:29Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

11:30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

11:31Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

11:32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

11:33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

11:34Bene-Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

11:35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

11:36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

11:37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

11:38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

11:39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

11:40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

11:41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

11:42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

11:43Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

11:44Uzzia the Ashtarothite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

11:45Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

11:46Eliel of Mahavim, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Jithmah the Moabite,

11:47Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

12:1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he kept still close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in the conflict;

12:2armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:

12:3the chief Ahiezer, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite,

12:4and Jishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite.

12:5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;

12:6Elkanah, and Jishijah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

12:7and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

12:8And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains:

12:9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

12:10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

12:11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

12:12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

12:13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

12:14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

12:15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it overflows all its banks, and they put to flight all them of the valleys, toward the east and toward the west.

12:16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.

12:17And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If ye come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers see it and rebuke it.

12:18And the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, And with thee, thou son of Jesse: Peace, peace be to thee! And peace be to thy helpers! For thy God helps thee. And David received them, and made them chiefs of bands.

12:19And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon deliberation sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul at the peril of our heads.

12:20As he went away to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh: Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

12:21And they helped David in his expeditions; for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

12:22For day by day there came men to David to help him, until it was a great camp, like the camp of God.

12:23And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.

12:24The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.

12:25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for war, seven thousand one hundred.

12:26Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.

12:27And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;

12:28and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.

12:29And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.

12:30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.

12:31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

12:32And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.

12:33Of Zebulun, such as went forth in the host, armed for war with all weapons of war, fifty thousand, keeping rank without double heart.

12:34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.

12:35And of the Danites armed for war twenty-eight thousand six hundred.

12:36And of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.

12:37And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

12:38All of them men of war, keeping rank in battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

12:39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;

12:40and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel.

13:1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, with every prince.

13:2And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad to our brethren everywhere, that are left in all the lands of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;

13:3and let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we inquired not of it in the days of Saul.

13:4And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

13:5And David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

13:6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, of Jehovah, who sitteth between the cherubim, whose name is placed there.

13:7And they carried the ark of God on a new cart out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

13:8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

13:9And when they came to the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen had stumbled.

13:10And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he had put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.

13:11And David was indignant; for Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-Uzza to this day.

13:12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?

13:13And David brought not the ark home unto himself into the city of David, but he carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

13:14And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he had.