{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/1-chronicles/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:51:43.044Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"1 Chronicles","bookSlug":"1-chronicles","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":29,"totalVerses":47},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou <i>wast</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which <i>is</i> Jebus; where the Jebusites <i>were</i>, the inhabitants of the land."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which <i>is</i> the city of David."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts <i>was</i> with him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"These also <i>are</i> the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, <i>and</i> with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And this <i>is</i> the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain <i>by him</i> at one time."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And after him <i>was</i> Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who <i>was one</i> of the three mighties."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He was with David at Pasdammim, 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And they set themselves in the midst of <i>that</i> parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved <i>them</i> by a great deliverance."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And David <i>was</i> then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison <i>was</i> then at Bethlehem."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that <i>is</i> at the gate!"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that <i>was</i> by the gate, and took <i>it</i>, and brought <i>it</i> to David: but David would not drink <i>of</i> it, but poured it out to the LORD,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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 <i>the jeopardy of</i> their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew <i>them</i>, and had a name among the three."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the <i>first</i> three."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And he slew an Egyptian, a man of <i>great</i> stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand <i>was</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"These <i>things</i> did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the <i>first</i> three: and David set him over his guard."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Also the valiant men of the armies <i>were</i>, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, <i>that pertained</i> to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Chronicles 11 (KJV)","markdown":"[1 Chronicles 11](https://primebible.com/kjv/1-chronicles/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/1-chronicles/11 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}