| 1. And these are the last words of David; the saying of David the son of Jesse, and the saying of the man raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet singer of Israel. |
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א. |
| 2. The spirit of the Lord spoke in me, And His word was upon my tongue. |
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ב. |
| 3. The God of Israel said, concerning me spoke the Rock of Israel; 'A ruler over men shall be the righteous (man), he that rules in the fear of God. |
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ג. |
| 4. And as the light of the morning (when) the sun shines; a morning without clouds, more than the light that follows the rain that falls upon the grass of the earth. |
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| 5. For my house is not so with God. For an everlasting covenant has He made with me, fully set forth and heeded for all my salvation and all the desire [is before Him], for He will not sprout forth [another on the throne]. |
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ה. |
| 6. But the wicked are all as thorns thrust away, for they cannot be taken in hand. |
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| 7. But if a man touch them, he should be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and with fire they shall be utterly burned in their place. |
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ז. |
| 8. These are the names of the mighty men who (served) David. He who sat in the assembly of the wise, the chief of the three-some, he was Adino the Etznite; [who lifted his spear] against eight hundred slain at one time. |
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ח. |
| 9. And after him [came] Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite, [who was] among the three mighty men [that were] with David, when they risked their lives against the Philistines that were gathered there to do battle, while the men of Israel had departed. |
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ט. |
| 10. He rose up and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand cleaved to the sword; and the Lord performed a great victory that day; and [when] the people returned after him (it was) only to strip (the slain). |
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י. |
| 11. And after him (came) Shammah the son of Agei the mountaineer. Now the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, and there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people (had) fled from the Philistines. |
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יא. |
| 12. But he stationed himself in the midst of the plot and he defended it, and he slew the Philistines; and the Lord performed a great victory. |
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יב. |
| 13. And three of the thirty chiefs went down, and they came in the harvest time to David to the cave of Adulam; and the troop of Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. |
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יג. |
| 14. And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. |
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יד. |
| 15. And David desired, and he said: "Oh if one would only give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate." |
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טו. |
| 16. And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and they carried it and brought it back to David, but he did not care to drink it and he poured it out before the Lord. |
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טז. |
| 17. And he said: "Be it far from me, O' Lord, that I should do this; [Shall I drink] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?" And he would not drink it. These [deeds] performed the three mighty men. |
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יז. |
| 18. And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he roused his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had [acquired] a name among the three. |
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יח. |
| 19. Of the three he was most honored; and he was their captain; but to the [first] three he did not attain. |
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יט. |
| 20. And Benayahu the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man great in deeds, of Kabzeel, he smote the two mighty men of Moab, and he went down and smote the lion inside a pit on a snowy day. |
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כ. |
| 21. And he slew an Egyptian, a man of striking appearance; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear; and he went down to him with [only] a staff. And he grabbed the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and slew him with his own spear. |
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כא. |
| 22. These [deeds] performed Benayahu the son of Jehoiada, and he had [acquired] a name among the three mighty men. |
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כב. |
| 23. Of the thirty he was the most honored, but to the first three he [never] did attain. And David placed him over his following. |
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כג. |
| 24. Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty. Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem; |
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כד. |
| 25. Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite; |
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כה. |
| 26. Helez the Paltite, Irah, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; |
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כו. |
| 27. Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite; |
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כז. |
| 28. Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite; |
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כח. |
| 29. Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin; |
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כט. |
| 30. Benaiahu a Pirathonite, Hidai of Nahale-noash; |
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ל. |
| 31. Abi-albon the Arbothite, Azmaveth the Barhumite; |
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לא. |
| 32. Eliahba the Shaalbonite, [of] the sons of Jashen, Jonathan; |
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לב. |
| 33. Shammah the Haraite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite; |
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לג. |
| 34. Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite; |
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לד. |
| 35. Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite; |
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לה. |
| 36. Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite; |
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לו. |
| 37. Zelek the Ammonite, Nahri the Beerothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; |
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לז. |
| 38. Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite; |
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לח. |
| 39. Uriah the Hitite; thirty-seven in all. |
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לט. |
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