fell on it.

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on the sword, and died.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house at the same time.

And when the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt within.

And the next morning the Philistines came to strip the slain, and found Saul and his sons lying in mount Gilboa;

And they stripped him, and put on his head, and on his weapons, and sent him abroad into the land of the Philistines, and proclaimed it before their idols, and before the people; 10. And they put his weapons in the house of their god, and they pinned his skull to the house of Dagon.

And all they that were at Jabesh in Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

And they arose, all the valiant men, and took the body of Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak of Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

So Saul died in his iniquity, which he had done against the LORD, in the word of the LORD, which he kept not, even that he asked the soothsayer

And asked not the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
(1 Chronicles)
Chapter 12 (otherwise 11th)
Anointing of David as king. His dwelling and contending heroes.

And all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, and said, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Even in the days of old, when Saul was king, thou leddest out and broughtest in Israel. Thus hath the LORD thy God spoken unto thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

And all the elders of Israel came 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.

And David went, and all Israel, unto Jerusalem, which is Jebus: for the Jebusites dwelt in the land.

And the men of Jebus said unto David, Thou shalt not come in. And David took the castle of Zion, that is, David’s city.

And David said, He that smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah was the first that smote them, and was captain over them.

And David dwelt in the castle: therefore it is called the city of David.

And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about. And Joab let the remnant live in the city.

And David continued and increased; and the LORD of hosts was with him.

These are the chief of the mighty men of David, which kept themselves honestly with him in his kingdom among all Israel, to make him king according to the word of the LORD
concerning Israel.

And this is the number of the mighty men of David: Jashabeam the son of Hachmoni, the chiefest of thirty; he lifted up his spear, and smote three hundred at one time.

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite: and he was of the three valiant men.

This was with David, when they spake a scorn, and the Philistines were gathered there to battle. And there was a piece of ground full of barley: and the people fled from before the Philistines.

And they stood in the midst of the piece, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines. And the LORD gave great salvation.

And the three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, unto the cave of Adullam. But the camp of the Philistines was in the bottom of Rephaim.

And David was in the castle, and the Philistine people were at Bethlehem at that time.

And David longed, and said, Who will give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem under the gate?

And the three of them went into the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which was under the gate, and bare it, and brought it unto David. And he would not drink it, but poured it out unto the LORD.

And he said, Let this thing be far from me, that I should do this thing, and drink the blood of these men in the course of their life: for they brought it with the course of their life.
Therefore he would not drink it. So the three heroes did.

And Abishai the brother of Joab was chief among three: and he took up his spear, and slew three hundred. And he was famous among three,

And he the third, more glorious than the two, and was chief of them: but he came not nigh unto the three.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of Ishail, of great works, of Kabzeel. He smote two lions of Moab; and went down, and smote a lion in the midst of the well in the snowy season.

He smote also an Egyptian man, which was five cubits high, and had a spear in his hand like a weaver’s beam. But he went down to him with a stick, and took the spear out of his hand, and slew him with his own spear.

This did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and was famous among three mighty men; 25. And he was the most glorious of the thirty: but he came not nigh unto the three. But David made him a secret counsellor.

The contending heroes are these: Asahel the brother of Joab. Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem.

Samoth the Harorite. Helez the Pelonite.

Ira the son of Eke the Thekite. Abieser the Anthothite.

Sibechai the Hushathite. Ilai the Ahohite.

Maherai the Netophathite. Heled the son of Baenah the Netophathite.

Ithai the son of Ribai, of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin. Benaiah the Pirgathonite.

Hurai, of the streams of Gaash. Abiel, the Arbathite.

Asmaveth the Baherumite. Eliahba the Saalbonite.

The children of Hazem the Gisonite. Jonathan the son of Sag, the Hararite.

Ahiam the son of Zechar the Hararite. Eliphal the son of Urs.

Hepher the Macherathite. Ahijah the Pelonite.

Hezro the Carmelite. Naerai the son of Azbai.

Joel the brother of Nathan. Mibehar the son of Hagri.

Zelek the Ammonite. Naherai the Berothite, armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah.

Ira the Jethrite. Gareb the Jethrite.

Uriah the Hittite. Sabad the son of Ahelai.

And Adina the son of Sisha the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty were under him.

Hanan the son of Maechah. Jehoshaphat the Mathonite.

Uzziah the Astrathite. Sama and Jaiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite.

Jediael the son of Zimri. Joha his brother the Thizite.

Eliel the Mahevite. Jeribai and Josaviah the sons of Elnaam. Jethma the Moabite.

Eliel, Obed, Jaesiel of Mezobaya.
(1 Chronicles)
Chapter 13 (otherwise 12th)
David’s succor to contentious men.

These also came to David to Ziklag, when he was yet shut up from Saul the son of Kish. And they also were among the mighty men that helped the battle.

And were skillful with bows in both hands, upon stones, and upon arrows, and upon bows. Of the brethren of Saul, which were of Benjamin:

The chief of them Ahiezer, and Joash, the sons of Samaa the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Barachah and Jehu the Anthothite.

Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, mighty among thirty, and above thirty. Jeremiah, Jahesiel, Johanan, Jehozabad the Gederathite.

Eleusai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Samariah, Shaphatiah, the Harophite.

Elkanah, Isaiah, Azareel, Joeser, Jazabeam, the Korhites.

Joelah and Zabadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

And of the Gadites there came out to David to the fortress of the wilderness strong men of valour, and men of war, bearing shield and spear, and their faces as the lions, and swift as the roes of the mountains:

The first Ezer, the second Obadiah, the third Eliab,
10: the fourth Masmanna, the fifth Jeremiah,

the sixth Athai, the seventh Eliel,

The eighth Johanan, the ninth Elsabad,

The tenth Jeremiah, the eleventh Machbanai.

These were of the children of Gad, heads of the host; the least over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

These are they which passed over Jordan in the first month, when it was full on both sides, and all the bottoms were even, both toward the east, and toward the west.

And there came also of the children of Benjamin and of Judah unto the castle of David.

And David went out unto them, and answered and said unto them, If ye come in peace to me, and to help me, my heart shall be with you: but if ye come in guile, and be against me, when there is no iniquity in me, the God of our fathers look upon it, and punish it.

And the spirit went unto Amasai the captain of thirty: Thine are we, David, and with thee we hold, O son of Jesse. Peace, peace, be unto thee. Peace be to your helpers, for your God helps you. And David took them, and set them for heads over the men of war.

And of Manasseh fell to David, when he came to battle with the Philistines against Saul, and helped them not. For the lords of the Philistines sent him away with counsel, saying: If he fall unto Saul his master, it shall cost us our necks.

And it came to pass, as he went to Ziklag, that there fell unto him of Manasseh Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, heads of thousands in Manasseh.

And they helped David against the men of war: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains over the host.

And every day there came to David to help him, until there was a