2 Samuel 23 (NET)

2 Samuel 23:1¹These are the final words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised up as the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, Israel’s beloved singer of songs:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:12-132 Sam 7:8-9Ps 89:20Col 3:16Ps 78:70-71Luke 24:441 Chr 16:4-51 Chr 16:71 Chr 16:91 Sam 2:10

2 Samuel 23:2²The Lord ’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:21Matt 22:43Acts 2:25-31Mark 12:36Heb 3:7-8

2 Samuel 23:3³The God of Israel spoke, the Protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:42 Sam 22:32Exod 18:21Ps 72:2Deut 16:18-20Exod 23:6-8Heb 1:8Ps 82:3-4Zech 9:92 Chr 19:7-9

2 Samuel 23:4⁴is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 5:31Ps 72:6Hos 6:5Ps 89:36Hos 6:3Isa 4:2Isa 60:1Isa 60:18-20Isa 60:3John 1:7

2 Samuel 23:5⁵My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 55:32 Sam 7:14-16Isa 9:6-7Jer 32:40Ps 89:28-29Heb 6:191 Chr 17:11-14Acts 13:34Amos 9:11Ezek 37:26

2 Samuel 23:6⁶But evil people are like thorns— all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 2:6Deut 13:13Isa 33:121 Sam 2:122 Sam 20:1Gen 3:18Song 2:2Matt 13:41

2 Samuel 23:7⁷The one who touches them must use an iron instrument or the wooden shaft of a spear. They are completely burned up right where they lie!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 6:82 Thess 2:82 Sam 22:8-102 Thess 1:8Isa 27:4John 15:6Luke 19:14Luke 19:27Matt 13:42Matt 3:10-12

2 Samuel 23:8⁸These are the names of David’s warriors: Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. He killed 800 men with his spear in one battle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:11-471 Chr 27:21 Chr 27:32

2 Samuel 23:9⁹Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:12-141 Chr 27:41 Sam 17:261 Sam 17:101 Sam 17:361 Sam 17:45-46Isa 63:3Isa 63:5Mark 14:50Num 23:7-8

2 Samuel 23:10¹⁰he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 11:131 Sam 19:51 Sam 14:231 Sam 14:62 Cor 4:52 Kgs 5:1Eph 6:10-18Isa 53:12Josh 10:10Josh 10:42

2 Samuel 23:11¹¹Next in command was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi, where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:13-141 Chr 11:272 Sam 23:33

2 Samuel 23:12¹²But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 23:10Prov 21:31Ps 3:8Ps 44:2

2 Samuel 23:13¹³At the time of the harvest three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:12 Sam 5:181 Chr 11:15-191 Chr 14:92 Sam 5:22Isa 17:5Josh 12:15Josh 15:35Mic 1:15

2 Samuel 23:14¹⁴David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:4-51 Chr 12:161 Sam 10:51 Sam 13:23-14:11 Sam 13:41 Sam 14:61 Sam 22:11 Sam 24:22

2 Samuel 23:15¹⁵David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:14Isa 41:17Isa 44:3John 4:10John 7:37Num 11:4-5Ps 42:1-2Ps 63:1Ps 119:81

2 Samuel 23:16¹⁶So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the LordCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:142 Cor 5:141 Sam 7:6Lam 2:19Num 28:7Phil 2:17Rom 5:71 Sam 19:52 Sam 23:9Acts 20:24

2 Samuel 23:17¹⁷and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 17:101 Cor 15:301 Kgs 21:31 Sam 2:301 Sam 26:112 Sam 20:20Gen 44:17Gen 9:4John 6:52-54Judg 5:18

2 Samuel 23:18¹⁸Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. He killed 300 men with his spear and gained fame among the three.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 10:102 Sam 10:141 Chr 11:20-212 Sam 18:21 Chr 2:161 Sam 26:6-82 Sam 2:182 Sam 20:102 Sam 3:30

2 Samuel 23:19¹⁹From the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:23Matt 13:81 Chr 11:251 Cor 15:412 Sam 23:132 Sam 23:162 Sam 23:9

2 Samuel 23:20²⁰Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 20:232 Sam 8:18Josh 15:211 Chr 11:22-241 Kgs 1:261 Kgs 1:381 Kgs 1:81 Kgs 2:29-351 Kgs 2:461 Sam 17:34-37

2 Samuel 23:21²¹He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:231 Sam 17:51Col 2:15

2 Samuel 23:22²²Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 23:23²³He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 27:61 Sam 22:142 Sam 20:232 Sam 8:8

2 Samuel 23:24²⁴Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:181 Chr 27:71 Chr 11:26

2 Samuel 23:25²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:27-28Judg 7:1

2 Samuel 23:26²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:21 Chr 11:27-281 Chr 27:9-10

2 Samuel 23:27²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 21:181 Chr 11:191 Chr 11:281 Chr 27:12

2 Samuel 23:28²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 27:132 Kgs 25:231 Chr 11:30

2 Samuel 23:29²⁹Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:30-311 Chr 27:15Josh 18:28

2 Samuel 23:30³⁰Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 12:151 Chr 27:14Josh 24:30Judg 12:13Judg 2:91 Chr 11:31-32Deut 1:24

2 Samuel 23:31³¹Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 3:161 Chr 11:32-33

2 Samuel 23:32³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, JonathanCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:34

2 Samuel 23:33³³son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:271 Chr 11:352 Sam 23:11

2 Samuel 23:34³⁴Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 11:32 Sam 15:121 Chr 27:33-342 Sam 10:62 Sam 10:82 Sam 15:312 Sam 17:23

2 Samuel 23:35³⁵Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:37Josh 15:55

2 Samuel 23:36³⁶Igal son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:382 Sam 8:3

2 Samuel 23:37³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah),Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:371 Chr 11:392 Sam 4:2

2 Samuel 23:38³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:532 Sam 20:261 Chr 11:40

2 Samuel 23:39³⁹and Uriah the Hittite. Altogether there were thirty-seven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 11:31 Kgs 15:52 Sam 12:9Matt 1:61 Chr 11:412 Sam 11:6-27