¹Then all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] gathered themselves to David [beloved] unto Hevron [Seat of Association] , saying, Behold, we [are] youi bone and youi flesh.

²And moreover in time past, even when Sha’ul [desired] was king, youi [were] he that led out and brought in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] said unto youi , youi shall feed my people Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and youi shall be ruler over my people Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

³Therefore came all the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] to the king to Hevron [Seat of Association] ; and David [beloved] made a covenant with them in Hevron [Seat of Association] before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; and they anointed David [beloved] king over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , according to the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) by Sh’mu’el [His name is El] .

⁴And David [beloved] and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , which [is] Y’vus [Threshing Place] ; where the Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot] [were] , the inhabitants of the land.

⁵And the inhabitants of Y’vus [Threshing Place] said to David [beloved] , youi shall not come here. Nevertheless David [beloved] took the castle of Tziyon [parched place] , which [is] the city of David [beloved] .

⁶And David [beloved] said, Whosoever smites the Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot] first shall be chief and captain. So Yo’av [Yehovah is father] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam] went first up, and was chief.

⁷And David [beloved] dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David [beloved] .

⁸And he built the city round about, even from Millo [fortification (defensive structure) or mound] round about: and Yo’av [Yehovah is father] repaired the rest of the city.

⁹So David [beloved] waxed greater and greater: for the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] [was] with him.

¹⁰These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David [beloved] had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , to make him king, according to the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) concerning Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

¹¹And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David [beloved] had; Yashov’am [the people will return] , an Hakhmoni [wise] , the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.

¹²And after him [was] El’azar [God has helped] the son of Dodo [his beloved] , the Achochi [God prevails] , who [was one] of the three mighties.

¹³He was with David [beloved] at Pas-Damim [boundary of blood] , and there the P’lishtim [Immigrants] were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the P’lishtim [Immigrants] .

¹⁴And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and killed the P’lishtim [Immigrants] ; and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) saved [them] by a great deliverance.

¹⁵Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David [beloved] , into the cave of ‘Adulam [Justice of the People] ; and the host of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] encamped in the valley of Refa’im [giants] .

¹⁶And David [beloved] [was] then in the hold, and the P’lishtim [Immigrants] ’ Garrison (fortification; military post) [was] then at Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] .

¹⁷And David [beloved] longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] , that [is] at the gate!

¹⁸And the three broke through the host of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , and drew water out of the well of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] , that [was] by the gate, and took [it] , and brought [it] to David [beloved] : but David [beloved] would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ,

¹⁹And said, My God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] 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 [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

²⁰And Avishai [my father is a gift] the brother of Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he killed [them] , and had a name among the three.

²¹Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.

²²B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the son of Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows] , the son of a valiant man of Kavtze’el [God Gathers] , who had done many acts; he killed two lion-like men of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] : also he went down and killed a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

²³And he killed an Mitzri [Egyptian] , a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Mitzri [Egyptian] ’s hand [was] a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Mitzri [Egyptian] ’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

²⁴These [things] did B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the son of Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows] , and had the name among the three mighties.

²⁵Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David [beloved] set him over his guard.

²⁶Also the valiant men of the armies [were] , ‘Asah’el [God-made] the brother of Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , Elchanan [God has been gracious] the son of Dodo [his beloved] of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] ,

²⁷Shammah [desolations] the Harori [the mountaineer] , Heletz [he has saved] the P’loni [a certain one] ,

²⁸‘Ira [watchful of a city] the son of ‘Ikesh [twisted] the T’koai [trumpet blast] , Avi-ezer [My Father is Help] the ‘Anatoti’ [affliction] ,

²⁹Sibkhai [weaver] the Hushati [meaning unknown] , ‘Ilai [exalted] the Achochi [God prevails] ,

³⁰Mahrai [impetuous] the N’tofati [dropping] , Heled [transient] the son of Ba’anah [in affliction] the N’tofati [dropping] ,

³¹Ittai [with me] the son of Rivai [pleader with Yehovah] of Giv’ah [Hill] , [that pertained] to the children of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] , B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the Pir’atoni [Princely] ,

³²Hurai [linen-weaver] of the brooks of Ga’ash [Quaking] , Avi’el [El (God) is my father] the ‘Arati [desert house] ,

³³‘Azmavet [strong unto death] the Bacharumi [choice of youths] , Elyachba [God hides] the Sha’alvoni [place of foxes] ,

³⁴The sons of Hashem [fat] the Gizoni [shearer, or quarryman] , Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] the son of Shageh [erring] the Harari [mountain dweller] ,

³⁵Achi’am [mother’s brother] the son of Sakhar [wages] the Harari [mountain dweller] , Elifal [my God is supplication] the son of Ur [flame] ,

³⁶Hefer [A Well] the M’kherati [he of the dug-out] , Achiyah [brother of Yehovah] the P’loni [a certain one] ,

³⁷Hetzro [enclosed] the Carmeli [garden-land] , Na’arai [handmaid] the son of Ezbai [my humblings] ,

³⁸Yo’el [Yehovah is God] the brother of Natan [giver] , Mivchar [choice] the son of Hagri [wanderer] ,

³⁹Tzelek [fissure] the ‘Amoni [tribal] , Nachrai [snorter] the Be’eroti [my wells] , the armourbearer of Yo’av [Yehovah is father] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam] ,

⁴⁰‘Ira [watchful of a city] the Yitri [a remnant: excellence] , Garev [scabby] the Yitri [a remnant: excellence] ,

⁴¹Uriyah [Yehovah is my light (flame)] the Hitti [Terroists] , Zavad [he endows] the son of Achlai [O! would that!] ,

⁴²Adina the son of Shiza [splendour] the Re’uveni [behold a son] , a captain of the Re’uveni [behold, a son!] , and thirty with him,

⁴³Hanan [he is merciful] the son of Ma’akhah [oppression] , and Yoshafat [Yehovah judges] the Mitni [athlete] ,

⁴⁴‘Uziyah [strength of Yehovah] the ‘Asht’rati [star/Easter] , Shama [obedient] and Jehiel the sons of Hotam [seal] the ‘Aro’eri [destitute] ,

⁴⁵Y’dia’el [God makes known] the son of Shimri [vigilant] , and Yocha [Yehovah gives life] his brother, the Titzi [you shall go forth] ,

⁴⁶Eli’el [my God is God] the Machavim [propagators] , and Yerivai [my contentions] , and Yoshavyah [Yehovah makes equal] , the sons of Elna’am [God is delight] , and Yitmah [orphan] the Mo’avi [from father: what father?] ,

⁴⁷Eli’el [my God is God] , and ‘Oved [serving] , and Ya’asi’el [God is maker] the M’tzovayah [the one set up of Yah] .