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day 300 and 31
Now the Philistines attacked Israel and the men of Israel fled before them.
Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of
his sons, Jonathan Abab and Mal Kahua.
The fighting grew very fierce around Saul and the Philistine Archers
caught up with him and wounded him.
Saul groaned to his armor bearer, take your sword and kill me before these pagan
Philistines come to taunt and torture me.
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it.
So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell
on his own sword and died.
So Saul and his three sons died there together.
Bringing his dynasty to an end.
When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled
and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled.
So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.
The next day when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies
of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa.
So they stripped off Saul's armor and cut off his head.
Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul's death before their idols.
And to the people throughout the land of Philistia, they placed his armor
in the temple of their gods and they fastened his head to the temple of Degan.
But when everyone in J Besch, Gilead heard about everything the Philistines
had done to Saul, All their mighty warriors brought the bodies of
Saul and his sons back to j Besh.
Then they buried their bones beneath the Great tree at j Besh
and they fasted for seven days.
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord.
He failed to obey the Lord's command and he even consulted a medium instead
of asking the Lord for guidance.
So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David, son of Jesse.
Then all Israel gathered before David at Hein and told him, we
are your own flesh and blood.
In the past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who really led the forces
of Israel and the Lord your God told you.
You will be the shepherd of my people, Israel.
You will be the leader of my people, Israel.
So there at Hein, David made a covenant before the Lord with all the
elders of Israel and they anointed him King of Israel, just as the
Lord had promised through Samuel.
Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem or GBIs as it used to be called.
Where the GBU sites, the original inhabitants of the land were living.
The people of Gbas taunted.
David saying, you'll never get in here, but David captured the fortress of Zion,
which is now called the city of David.
David had said to his troops, whoever is first to attack the GBU sites will
become the commander of my armies.
And Joab, the son of David's sister, Zaia, was first to attack, so he
became the commander of David's armies.
David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.
He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the surrounding area while
Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem, and David became more and more powerful.
Because the Lord of Heaven's armies was with him.
These are the leaders of David's mighty warriors together with all Israel.
They decided to make David their king, just as the Lord
had promised concerning Israel.
Here is the record of David's mightiest warriors.
The first was Jjo, the Hackman Knight, who was leader of the three.
The mightiest warriors among David's men, he once used his spirit to kill
300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
Next in rank, among the three was Zer, son of Dodi, a descendant of a hoa.
He was with David.
When the Philistines gathered for battle at pass dam him and attacked the
Israelites in a field full of barley.
The Israelite army fled.
But Zer and David held their ground in the middle of the field and beat back
the Philistines, so the Lord saved them by giving them a great victory.
Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Duam, the Philistine
army was camped in the valley of em, the three who were among the 30, an
elite group among David's fighting men went down to meet him there.
David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment
had occupied the town of Bethlehem.
David remarked longingly to his men, oh, how I would love some of that good water
from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.
So the three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by
the gate in Bethlehem and brought it back to David, but David refused to drink it.
Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the Lord.
God forbid that I should drink this.
He exclaimed This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked
their lives to bring it to me.
So David did not drink it.
These are examples of the exploits of the three ab Bye shy.
The brother of Joab was the leader of the 30.
He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
It was by such feats that he became as famous as the three.
Ab Bahai was the most famous of the 30 and was their commander,
though he was not one of the three.
There was also bene son of JE Joah a, a valiant warrior from zeo.
He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab.
Another time on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and
killed it once armed only with a club.
He killed an Egyptian warrior who was seven and a half feet tall,
and who was armed with a spear as thick as a weaver's beam.
Bene wrenched the spear from the Egyptians hand and killed him with it.
Deeds like these made Benet as famous as the three mightiest warriors.
He was more honored than the other members of the 30, though he was
not one of the three, and David made him captain of his bodyguard.
David's Mighty Warriors also included Ashel.
Jo's brother, El Hanan, son of Dodo from Bethlehem.
Shamma from Herod.
HIEs from Pein Ira, son of Ike from Tekoa.
From an si from Isha Alman, from aa Rai, from nafa, he led son of Beana
from Nafa Iai, son of Ribeye from Gia in the land of Benjamin, be from
hurray from near Ash, A by Alban from aba.
Beth from Bahir Eli from she Alban, the sons of Jason from Gaon, Jonathan, son
of shaky from Hera aem, son of Shera from Hera Eliel son of er heifer from Mara
Aja from Pea Ro from Carmel, son of Esba.
Joel, the brother of Nathan Miha.
Son of Hari Zech.
From Amon Nehara.
From Biro, the armor bearer of Joab.
Son of Zia Ira from Jaar Rab from Chatter, Uriah, the Hitite Zahad son of Ali Adina.
Son of Shiza, the Ruben leader who had 30 men with him.
Hanan son of Meka, Joshua Fat from mna Asiah.
From Ro Shama, and Jael, the sons of Ham from a rower.
Juel son of Shiri Joha, his brother from Tiz, AYA from Maha Jeba
and Joshua via the sons of Elna.
Isma from Moab.
IL and Obed CIO from Zoba.
The following men joined David at Ziklag while he was
hiding from Saul, son of Kish.
They were among the warriors who fought beside David in battle.
All of them were expert archers and they could shoot arrows or sling stones with
their left hand as well as their right.
They were all relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
Their leader was ajar, son of Shema from Gya.
His brother Joe Ash was second in command.
These were the other Warriors, Jelle and Ett Sons of Veth.
Berka, G Hu from Anal, Ishma from Gibeon, a famous warrior
and leader among the 30 Jeremiah.
Ze, Johannan and Zeba from Gaira.
Elai Je
Aliah, and she atiya from Hara, Elena Isha Re Joer, and Joshua
Biam, who were Cora Heights, Jola and Ze Sons of Roham from Guido.
Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad, also
defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness.
They were expert with both shield and spear as fierce as lions and
as swift as deer on the mountains.
Easer was their leader.
Obadiah was second.
Elia was third.
Mish, mana was fourth.
Jeremiah was fifth.
Atti was sixth.
Lyle was seventh.
Johannan was eighth.
Zeba was ninth.
Jeremiah was 10th.
McNay was 11th.
These warriors from GAD were army commanders.
The weakest among them could take on a hundred regular troops and the
strongest could take on a thousand.
These were the men who crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at
the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands
on both the east and west banks.
Others from Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.
David went out to meet them and said, if you have come in peace to help
me, we are friends, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when
I am innocent, Then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.
Then the Spirit came upon a Masai, the leader of the 30, and
he said, we are yours, David.
We are on your side.
Son of Jesse, peace and prosperity be with you and success to all who help you
for your God is the one who helps you.
So David, let them join him.
And he made them officers over his troops.
Some men from Manasa defected from the Israelite army and joined
David when he set out with the Philistines to fight against Saul.
But as it turned out, the Philistine rulers refused to let
David and his men go with them.
After much discussion they sent them back for, they said it will
cost us our heads if David switches loyalties to Saul and turns against us.
Here is a list of the men from Manas who defected to David as he was returning
to Ziklag, Edna Zeba, Jel, Michael Jbad.
Elihu and Zilli each commanded 1000 troops from the tribe of Manas.
They helped David Chase down bands of Raiders for they were
all brave and able warriors who became commanders in his army.
Day after day, more men joined David until he had a great army, like the army of God.