16. Therefore, the three valiant men burst into the encampment of the Philistines, and they drew water from the cistern of Bethlehem, which was beside the gate. And they brought it to David. Yet he was not willing to drink; instead, he poured it out to the Lord,
17. saying: "May the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not do this. Should I drink the blood of these men who have set out to the peril of their own lives?" Therefore, he was not willing to drink. These things were accomplished by these three robust men.
18. Also Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was first among the three. It was he who lifted up his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed. And he was renowned among the three,
19. and he was the noblest of the three, and he was their leader. But at first he did not attain to the three.
20. And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a very strong man of great deeds, was from Kabzeel. He slew the two lions of Moab, and he descended and slew a lion in the middle of a den, in the days of snow.
21. He also killed an Egyptian who had a spear in his hand, a man worthy to behold. And yet he had gone down to him with only a staff. And he forced the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he killed him with his own spear.
22. Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, accomplished these things.
23. And he was renowned among the three robust men, who were the most noble among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not attain to the three, until David made him his secret advisor.
24. Among the thirty were: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of his paternal uncle, from Bethlehem,
25. Shammah from Harod, Elika from Harod,
26. Helez from Palti, Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa,
27. Abiezer from Anathoth, Mebunnai from Hushah,
28. Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29. Heleb, the son of Baanah, also himself a Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin,
30. Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the Torrent Gaash,
31. Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth from Beromi,
32. Eliahba from Shaalbon; the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33. Shammah from Orori, Ahiam, the son of Sharar, the Hararite,
34. Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai, the son of Maacath, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite,