Bible Cross References
of the thirty captains
2 Samuel 23:13-39
13
And three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the company of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
14
David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15
And David longed and said, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
16
So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah.
17
And he said, Far be it from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their souls? Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.
18
And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of another three. He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.
19
Was he not the most honored of three? Therefore he became their commander. However, he did not attain to the first three.
20
Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two from Moab that were like lions. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
21
And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
22
These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty ones.
23
He was more honored than the thirty, but he had not attained to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.
24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27
Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29
Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,
30
Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
31
Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite (of the sons of Jashen), Jonathan,
33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
36
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),
38
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
39
and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
the cave
Joshua 12:15
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
1 Samuel 22:1
David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
Micah 1:15
Yet I will bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah. The glory of Israel shall come unto Adullam.
in the
1 Chronicles 14:9
And the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:18
The Philistines also went and spread themselves out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:22
Then the Philistines went up again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
Isaiah 17:5
And it shall be as the gathering of grain at harvest, and his arm reaps the heads of grain. And it shall be as he who gathers heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
Rephaim
Joshua 15:8
And the border went up by the valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusites (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain before the Valley of Hinnom westward, at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.