And all his servants passed on by his side, and every Cherethite, and every Pelethite, and they stood by the olive tree in the wilderness. And all the people marched near him, and all his court, and all the men of might, and all the men of war, six hundred; and they were present at his side. And every Cherethite, and every Pelethite, and all the six hundred Gittites that came on foot out from Gath, and they went on before the king.

And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Gath. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph of the sons of Rapha.

And there was yet a battle in Gath. And there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, twenty-four in number: and he also was born to Rapha.

These four were born descendants of the giants in Gath, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

These [are] the names of the mighty men of David: Josheb-Basshebeth the Canaanite is a captain of the third [part;] Adino the Eznite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at once.

And after him Eleazer the son of his uncle, son of Dodai who was among the three mighty men with David; and when he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.

And the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethlehem in the gate; and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.

And Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah, he [was] chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed; and he had a name among [these] three.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, he was abundant in [mighty] deeds, from Kabzeel, and he killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, and he understands playing [on the harp], and the man is prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man is handsome, and the Lord is with him.

And David said to Saul, Your servant was tending the flock for his father, and when a lion came and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them! Shall I not go and kill him, and remove this day [this] reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?

He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the [first] three. And David set him over his family.

Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

Ithai the son of Ribai of the hill of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliabah the Shaalbonite,

Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, armor-bearer to [Joab] the son of Zeruiah,

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

Hanan the son of Maachah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel of Mezobaite.

And what more should I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, both Barak and Samson and Jephthah, both David and Samuel and the prophets:

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.

And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon you, and take away your life, and the lives of your house.

And he turned after them, and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And behold, there came out two bears out of the woods, and they mauled forty-two children among them.

Care may befall a man of understanding, but fools will meditate evils.

A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf [is he], who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.

And behold, the second beast was like a bear, and it supported itself on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth. And thus they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a female bear excited, and I will tear open their rib cage, and the lions' cubs in the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall tear them to pieces.

Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you. And it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.