1 Chronicles 11:10

David’s Warriors

11:10 These were the leaders of David’s warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord’s word. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ²  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ³  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 11:24-25

11:24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 11:25 He received honor from ⁵  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

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¹ tn Heb “and these were the heads of the warriors who were David’s, who held strongly with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king, according to the word of the Lord, over Israel.”

² tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

³ tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

⁴ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”

⁵ tn Or “more than.”