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|2 Samuel 23:11|
Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
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12
|2 Samuel 23:12|
But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
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13
|2 Samuel 23:13|
During harvest time, three of the thirty chief men came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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14
|2 Samuel 23:14|
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
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15
|2 Samuel 23:15|
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
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16
|2 Samuel 23:16|
So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD.
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17
|2 Samuel 23:17|
“Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this!” he said. “Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?” And David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
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|2 Samuel 23:18|
Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three. [Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty] He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.
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19
|2 Samuel 23:19|
Was he not held in greater honour than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.
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20
|2 Samuel 23:20|
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab’s best men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
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