11:1 Then all Yisra'el gathered themselves to Davyid unto Chevron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.
11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Shaul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Yisra'el: and YHWH (יהוה) thy Elohim (אלהים) said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Yisra'el, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Yisra'el.
11:3 Therefore came all the zekenim of Yisra'el to ha melekh to Chevron; and Davyid made a covenant with them in Chevron before YHWH (יהוה); and they anointed Davyid king over Yisra'el, according to the word of YHWH (יהוה) by Shemu'el.
11:4 And Davyid and all Yisra'el went to Yerushalayim, which [is] Yevus; where the Yevusites [were], the inhabitants of the land.
11:5 And the inhabitants of Yevus said to Davyid, Thou shalt not come hither. Neverth'eless Davyid took the castle of Tziyon, which [is] the city of Davyid.
11:6 And Davyid said, Whosoever smiteth the Yebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Yo'av Ben Zeruyah went first up, and was chief.
11:7 And Davyid dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of Davyid.
11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Yo'av repaired the rest of the city.
11:9 So Davyid waxed greater and greater: for YHWH (יהוה) Tzva'ot [was] with him.
11:10 These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom Davyid had, who strengthened themselves with him in his Malkut, [and] with all Yisra'el, to make him king, according to the Dvar YHWH (יהוה) concerning Yisra'el.
11:11 And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom Davyid had; Yashov'am, an Hakmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.
11:12 And after him [was] Eli'ezer Ben Dodo, the Achohite, who [was one] of the three mighties.
11:13 He was with Davyid at Pas-Dammim, and there the P'lishtim were gathered together to battle, where was a parc'el of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the P'lishtim.
11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parc'el, and delivered it, and slew the P'lishtim; and YHWH (יהוה) saved [them] by a great deliverance.
11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to Davyid, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the P'lishtim encamped in the valley of Refaim.
11:16 And Davyid [was] then in the hold, and the P'lishtim' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.
11:17 And Davyid longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the w'ell of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate!
11:18 And the three brake through the host of the P'lishtim, and drew water out of the w'ell of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to Davyid: but Davyid would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to YHWH (יהוה),
11:19 And said, Chalilah (Far be it) from me before Elohai , 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.
11:20 And Avishai the brother of Yo'av, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew [them], and had a name among the three.
11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
11:22 Benayah Ben Yehoiada, Ben a valiant man of Kabze'el, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moav: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
11:23 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.
11:24 These [things] did Benayah Ben Yehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and Davyid set him over his guard.
11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asah'el the brother of Yo'av, Elhanan Ben Dodo of Bethlehem,
11:27 Shammoth the Harorite, H'elez the P'elonite,
11:28 Ira Ben Ikkesh the Tekoite, Aviezer the Antothite,
11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
11:30 Maharai the Netofathite, H'eled Ben Baanah the Netofathite,
11:31 Ithai Ben Ribai of Gibeah, [that pertained] to the benai Benyamin, Benayah the Pirathonite,
11:32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Avi'el the Arbathite,
11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Elyahba the Shaalbonite,
11:34 The benai Hashem the Gizonite, Yonathan Ben Shage the Hararite,
11:35 Ahiam Ben Sacar the Hararite, Elifal Ben Ur,
11:36 Hefer the Mekerathite, Ahiyah the P'elonite,
11:37 Hezro the Carm'elite, Naarai Ben Ezbai,
11:38 Yo'el the brother of Nathan, MYivchar Ben Haggeri,
11:39 Z'elek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Yo'av Ben Zeruyah,
11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
11:41 Uryah the Hittite, Zabad Ben Ahlai,
11:42 Adina Ben Shiza the Reuvenite, a captain of the Reuvenites, and thirty with him,
11:43 Hanan Ben Maakah, and Yoshafat the Mithnite,
11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Yehi'el the benai Hothan the Aroerite,
11:45 Yedia'el Ben Shimri, and Yoha his brother, the Tizite,
11:46 Eli'el the Mahavite, and Yeribai, and Yoshavyah, the benai Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moavite,
11:47 Eli'el, and Oved, and Yasi'el the Mesobaite.