{"id":851,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=851"},"modified":"2020-03-07T11:32:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:32:04","slug":"2sa23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa23\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 23<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now these <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man <span class=\"add\">who was<\/span> raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> in my tongue.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men <span class=\"add\">must be<\/span> just, ruling in the fear of God.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And <span class=\"add\">he shall be<\/span> as the light of the morning, <span class=\"add\">when<\/span> the sun riseth, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> a morning without clouds; <span class=\"add\">as<\/span> the tender grass <span class=\"add\">springing<\/span> out of the earth by clear shining after rain.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Although my house <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all <span class=\"add\">things,<\/span> and sure: for <span class=\"add\">this is<\/span> all my salvation, and all <span class=\"add\">my<\/span> desire, although he make <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> not to grow. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But <span class=\"add\">the sons<\/span> of Belial <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But the man <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the <span class=\"add\">same<\/span> place. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>These <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> Adino the Eznite: <span class=\"add\">he lift up his spear<\/span> against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And after him <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, <span class=\"add\">one<\/span> of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And after him <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> then <span class=\"add\">in<\/span> Bethlehem.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> by the gate!  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> by the gate, and took <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> and brought <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: <span class=\"add\">is not this<\/span> the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> slew <span class=\"add\">them,<\/span> and had the name among three.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the <span class=\"add\">first<\/span> three.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian\u2019s hand, and slew him with his own spear.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>These <span class=\"add\">things<\/span> did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the <span class=\"add\">first<\/span> three. And David set him over his guard.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Asahel the brother of Joab <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V33\">33\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V34\">34\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V35\">35\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V36\">36\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V37\">37\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V38\">38\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V39\">39\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>2 Samuel Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2sa24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 1\u00a0Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2\u00a0The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3\u00a0The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4\u00a0And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5\u00a0Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6\u00a0But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7\u00a0But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 8\u00a0These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9\u00a0And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 10\u00a0He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2samuel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3738,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}