1.
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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all Israel: 1 Chronicles 12:23-40, 2 Samuel 5:1-16
Hebron: Numbers 13:22, 2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 15:10, 1 Kings 2:11
Behold: Genesis 29:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, Judges 9:2, 2 Samuel 19:12, 2 Samuel 19:13, Ephesians 5:30
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:12 - my hand 1 Chronicles 28:2 - my brethren Psalms 141:6 - they shall hear
2.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
in time past: Heb. both yesterday and the third day
that leddest: Numbers 27:17, 1 Samuel 18:13, Isaiah 55:4, John 10:4
Thou shalt: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 7:7, Psalms 78:71, Isaiah 40:11, Jeremiah 3:15, Micah 5:2, Micah 5:4, Matthew 2:6
feed: or, rule
ruler: 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 14:7
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 19:4 - in time past Joshua 3:4 - heretofore 1 Samuel 19:7 - in times past 2 Kings 13:5 - beforetime 1 Chronicles 17:6 - feed Ezra 2:70 - General Acts 13:36 - served
3.
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
elders: 2 Samuel 5:3
David made: 1 Samuel 11:15, 2 Kings 11:17, 2 Chronicles 23:3
before: Judges 11:11, 1 Samuel 23:18
anointed: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Kings 23:30
according: 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 28:17
by: Heb. by the hand of
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:10 - Hebron 1 Chronicles 14:8 - anointed
4.
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
David: 2 Samuel 5:6-10
Jebus: 1 Chronicles 11:5, Joshua 15:63, Joshua 18:28, Jebusi, Judges 1:21, Judges 19:10-12
the inhabitants: Genesis 10:16, Genesis 15:21, Exodus 3:17
Reciprocal: Zechariah 9:7 - a Jebusite
5.
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
Thou shalt: 1 Samuel 17:9, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36
the castle: 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Chronicles 5:2, Psalms 2:6, Psalms 9:11, Psalms 48:2, Psalms 48:12, Psalms 48:13, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 87:2, Psalms 87:5, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 125:2, Psalms 132:13, Lamentations 4:11, Lamentations 4:12, Romans 9:33, Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 14:1
the city: 1 Chronicles 11:7, 2 Samuel 5:9, 2 Samuel 6:10, 2 Samuel 6:12, Psalms 122:5
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 11:4 - Jebus
6.
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
Whosoever: Joshua 15:16, Joshua 15:17, 1 Samuel 17:25
chief: Heb. head
Joab: 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 20:23
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:8 - he shall be 1 Chronicles 18:15 - Joab 1 Chronicles 19:8 - Joab 1 Chronicles 27:34 - the general Esther 6:3 - What honour Psalms 60:9 - Who
7.
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
David dwelt: Psalms 2:6
the city of David: that is, Zion, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Samuel 5:7
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:10 - the city 1 Kings 3:1 - the city 1 Kings 8:1 - out of the city Psalms 65:1 - in Sion
8.
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Millo: Judges 9:6, Judges 9:20, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 11:27, 2 Kings 12:20
repaired: Heb. revived, Nehemiah 4:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:9 - Millo
9.
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
waxed greater and greater: Heb. went in going and increasing, 2 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 5:10, Job 17:9, Isaiah 9:7
for: 1 Chronicles 9:20, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Romans 8:31
Reciprocal: Esther 9:4 - waxed
10.
These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
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the chief: The valiant men who assisted David in his advancement, and helped to establish him in his authority, were those, in all likelihood, that had accompanied him during his persecution by Saul. 2 Samuel 23:8
strengthened themselves with: or, held strongly with
to make: 1 Chronicles 12:38, 2 Samuel 3:17, 2 Samuel 3:18, 2 Samuel 3:21
according: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:12-14
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:8 - the mighty 1 Chronicles 12:1 - the mighty 1 Chronicles 12:21 - mighty men 1 Chronicles 12:23 - according 1 Chronicles 19:8 - Joab 1 Chronicles 28:1 - the mighty men 2 Chronicles 17:1 - Jehoshaphat Nehemiah 2:18 - So they strengthened
11.
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, and Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
Jashobeam: 1 Chronicles 27:2, 2 Samuel 23:8, The Tachmonite, Adino, the Eznite.
an Hachmonite: or, son of Hachmoni
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:8 - General 1 Chronicles 27:32 - son of Hachmoni
12.
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
Eleazar: 1 Chronicles 27:4, Dodai, 2 Samuel 23:9
Dodo: This variation arises from the mutations of ו, wav, and י, yood; it being written here דודו, Dodo, and in the parallel passage דודי, Dodai.
Ahohite: 1 Chronicles 8:4
the three: 1 Chronicles 11:19, 1 Chronicles 11:21, 2 Samuel 23:17-19, 2 Samuel 23:23
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:8 - General 1 Chronicles 11:29 - Ahohite
13.
He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
Pasdammim: Ephes-dammim is here called Pas-dammim, by apheresis. 1 Samuel 17:1, Ephes-dammim
a parcel: In Samuel it is, "a piece of ground full of lentiles;" and there is probably a mistake of seorim, "barley," for adashim, "lentiles," or vice-versa. Some, however, think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, which is not unlikely.
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:11 - the Philistines
14.
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
set: or, stood
and the Lord: 1 Samuel 14:23, 1 Samuel 19:5, 2 Samuel 23:10, 2 Kings 5:1, Psalms 18:50
deliverance: or, salvation, Psalms 144:10, Proverbs 21:31
Reciprocal: Genesis 45:7 - to preserve you a posterity Exodus 14:13 - see the 2 Samuel 23:11 - the Philistines
15.
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
of the thirty captains: or, captains over the thirty, 2 Samuel 23:13-39
the cave: Joshua 12:15, 1 Samuel 22:1, Micah 1:15
in the: 1 Chronicles 14:9, 2 Samuel 5:18, 2 Samuel 5:22, Isaiah 17:5
Rephaim: Joshua 15:8, the giants
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:5 - Rephaims 1 Samuel 22:2 - a captain 1 Chronicles 12:4 - a mighty man
16.
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
in the hold: 1 Samuel 22:1, 1 Samuel 23:25, Psalms 142:1, *title
the Philistines': 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 13:4, 1 Samuel 13:23
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:17 - the hold 1 Chronicles 12:8 - into the hold
17.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
longed: Numbers 11:4, Numbers 11:5, 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Samuel 23:16, Psalms 143:6
of the water: Psalms 42:1, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 63:1, Isaiah 12:3, John 4:10, John 4:14
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:15 - Zichri Psalms 60:9 - Who
18.
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
brake: 1 Samuel 19:5, Song of Solomon 8:6, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:13, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15
poured: 1 Samuel 7:6
19.
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
My God: 2 Samuel 23:17, 1 Kings 21:3, Romans 6:1, Romans 6:2
shall I: Leviticus 17:10, Job 31:31, Psalms 72:14, Mark 14:24, John 6:55
that have put their lives: Heb. with their lives, Romans 16:4
in jeopardy: Judges 5:18, Judges 9:17, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Corinthians 15:30
These: 1 Chronicles 11:12
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:27 - Mebunnai 1 Chronicles 12:1 - the mighty
20.
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
Abishai: 1 Chronicles 2:16, 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 18:2, 2 Samuel 20:6, 2 Samuel 21:17, 2 Samuel 23:18, 19-39
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:8 - General 1 Chronicles 18:12 - Moreover 1 Chronicles 19:11 - Abishai
21.
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
howbeit: Matthew 13:8, 1 Corinthians 15:41
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:18 - Abishai 1 Chronicles 11:12 - the three 1 Chronicles 11:25 - but attained 1 Chronicles 12:21 - mighty men
22.
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: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
Benaiah: 1 Chronicles 27:5, 1 Chronicles 27:6, 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20-23, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 2:30, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:35
Kabzeel: Joshua 15:21
who had done many acts: Heb. great of deeds
lionlike: 1 Chronicles 12:8, 2 Samuel 1:23
slew a: Judges 14:5, Judges 14:6, 1 Samuel 17:34-36
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:21 - mighty men
23.
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great 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.
a man of great stature: Heb. a man of measure
five: Deuteronomy 3:11, 1 Samuel 17:4
a spear: 1 Chronicles 20:5
slew him: 1 Samuel 17:51
Reciprocal: Numbers 13:33 - saw the giants 1 Samuel 17:7 - the staff 2 Samuel 23:21 - a goodly man
24.
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:1 - the mighty
25.
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
but attained: 1 Chronicles 11:21
David: 2 Samuel 20:23
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:8 - mighty men 2 Samuel 23:19 - he attained 1 Chronicles 12:1 - the mighty 2 Chronicles 12:10 - the chief
26.
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Asahel: 1 Chronicles 27:7, 2 Samuel 2:18-23, 2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 23:24
Elhanan: 2 Samuel 21:19
27.
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
Shammoth: Shammah, Shammoth, and as it is in 1 Chronicles 27:8, Shamhuth, having all the same signification, appear to have been deemed perfectly interchangeable, and accordingly used indifferently. 2 Samuel 23:25, Shammah the Harodite
Harorite: The variation of חרורי [Strong's H2033], Harorite, for חרדי [Strong's H2733], Harodite, arises from the mutation of ר, raish, and ד, daleth.
Pelonite: 2 Samuel 23:26, Paltite
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:11 - Shammah 2 Samuel 23:33 - Shammah 1 Chronicles 2:39 - General 1 Chronicles 27:10 - Helez
28.
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
Ira: 1 Chronicles 27:9
Antothite: This variation springs simply from the points; the word being written ענתתי [Strong's H6069], Anethothite in Samuel, and here ענתותי [Strong's H6069], Antothite. 1 Chronicles 27:12, 2 Samuel 23:27, Anethothite
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:25 - Shammah 2 Samuel 23:26 - Ira 1 Chronicles 12:3 - the Antothite
29.
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
Sibbecai: The reading of מבני [Strong's H4012], Mebunnai, for סבכי [Strong's H5444], Sibbecai, seems to be occasioned by the mistake of ס, samech, for a מ, mem, and a נ, noon, for a כ, caph; and a difference in the vowel points. 1 Chronicles 27:11, 2 Samuel 23:27-28, Mebunnai, Zalmon
Ahohite: 1 Chronicles 11:12
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:18 - Sibbechai 1 Chronicles 20:4 - Sibbechai
30.
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Maharai: 1 Chronicles 27:13
Heled: Heleb seems evidently a mistake for Heled, which is essentially the same with Heldai, the latter merely having a paragogic י, yood. 1 Chronicles 27:15, Heldai, 2 Samuel 23:29, Heleb
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:28 - Maharai 1 Chronicles 2:54 - Netophathites Jeremiah 40:8 - Netophathite
31.
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Ithai: The variation of איתי [Strong's H863], Ithai, and אתי [Strong's H863], Ittai, simply arises from the elision of י, yood, which is compensated by the reduplication of the next letter. 2 Samuel 23:29, Ittai
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:30 - Benaiah 1 Chronicles 27:14 - Benaiah
32.
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
Hurai: 2 Samuel 23:30, Hiddai
Abiel: 2 Samuel 23:31, Abi-albon
33.
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:31 - Barhumite 1 Chronicles 12:3 - Azmaveth
34.
The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
Hashem: 2 Samuel 23:32, 2 Samuel 23:33, Jashen
35.
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
Sacar: 2 Samuel 23:33, Sharar
Eliphal: 2 Samuel 23:34, Eliphelet, Ahasbai
36.
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37.
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
Hezro: 2 Samuel 23:35, Hezrai, Paarai the Arbite
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:37 - Nahari
38.
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
Joel: 2 Samuel 23:36, Igal the son of Nathan
the son of Haggeri: or, the Hagerite
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 5:10 - the Hagarites
39.
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:37 - Zelek
40.
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Ithrite: 2 Samuel 20:26, Jairite
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:38 - Ira 1 Chronicles 2:53 - Ithrites
41.
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
Uriah: 2 Samuel 11:6-27, 2 Samuel 23:39
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 11:3 - Uriah 1 Chronicles 2:36 - Zabad Matthew 1:6 - Urias
42.
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
43.
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44.
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
45.
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
Son of Shimri: or Shimrite
46.
Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47.
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.