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David's
Last Song |
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| 2 Samuel 23:1 |
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Now these are the last words of David. David
the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed
of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:2 |
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"The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His
word was on my tongue. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:3 |
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"The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel
spoke to me, 'He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:4 |
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Is as the light of the morning when the sun
rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth,
Through sunshine after rain.' |
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| 2 Samuel 23:5 |
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"Truly is not my house so with God? For He
has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured;
For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow? |
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| 2 Samuel 23:6 |
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"But the worthless, every one of them will
be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand; |
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| 2 Samuel 23:7 |
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But the man who touches them Must be armed with
iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in
their place." |
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His
Mighty Men |
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| 2 Samuel 23:8 |
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These are the names of the mighty men whom David
had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino
the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time; |
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| 2 Samuel 23:9 |
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and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the
Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines
who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:10 |
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He arose and struck the Philistines until his
hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory
that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:11 |
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Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a
Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot
of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:12 |
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But he took his stand in the midst of the plot,
defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:13 |
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Then three of the thirty chief men went down
and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop
of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:14 |
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David was then in the stronghold, while the
garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:15 |
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David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone
would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!" |
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| 2 Samuel 23:16 |
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So the three mighty men broke through the camp
of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the
gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it,
but poured it out to the LORD; |
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| 2 Samuel 23:17 |
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and he said, "Be it far from me, O LORD, that
I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their
lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:18 |
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Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah,
was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed
them, and had a name as well as the three. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:19 |
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He was most honored of the thirty, therefore
he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:20 |
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Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of
a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel
of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy
day. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:21 |
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He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now
the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and
snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:22 |
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These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did,
and had a name as well as the three mighty men. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:23 |
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He was honored among the thirty, but he did
not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard. |
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| 2 Samuel 23:24 |
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Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty;
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:25 |
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Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:26 |
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Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:27 |
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Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:28 |
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Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:29 |
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Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai
the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:30 |
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Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks
of Gaash, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:31 |
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Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:32 |
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Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen,
Jonathan, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:33 |
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Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar
the Ararite,34 |
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| 2 Samuel 23:34 |
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Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the
Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:35 |
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Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:36 |
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Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:37 |
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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite,
armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:38 |
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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, |
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| 2 Samuel 23:39 |
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Uriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all. |
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