19. "God forbid that I should do that," he said. "Isn’t this the blood of men who risked their lives?" So he refused to drink it. Since they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it.These were the kinds of things the three warriors did.
20. Abishai, Joab’s brother, was chief of the Thirty. He raised his spear against the three hundred men he had slain, but he wasn’t considered one of the Three.
21. He was the most famous of the Thirty. He became their commander, but he wasn’t among the Three.
22. Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son from Kabzeel, was a hero who performed great deeds. He killed two of Moab’s leaders, and on a snowy day went down into a pit where he killed a lion.
23. He also killed an Egyptian seven and a half feet tall, who was holding a spear like a weaver’s beam. Benaiah went down to him with a club, grabbed the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with it.
24. These were the exploits of Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son; he wasn’t considered one of the three warriors.
25. He was famous among the Thirty, but didn’t become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard.
26. The mighty warriors:Asahel, Joab’s brother;Elhanan, Dodo’s son from Bethlehem;
27. Shammoth from Haror;Helez from Pelon;
28. Ira, Ikkesh’s son from Tekoa;Abiezer from Anathoth;
29. Sibbecai the Hushathite;Ilai from Ahoh;
30. Maharai from Netophah;Heled, Baanah’s son from Netophah;
31. Ithai, Ribai’s son from Gibeah of the Benjaminites;Benaiah from Pirathon;
32. Hurai from the Gaash ravines;Abiel the Arbathite;
33. Azmaveth from Baharum;Eliahba from Shaalbon;
34. Hashem the Gizonite;Jonathan, Shagee’s son from Harar;
35. Ahiam, Sachar’s son from Harar;Eliphal, Ur’s son;
36. Hepher the Mecherathite;Ahijah the Pelonite;
37. Hezro from Carmel;Naarai, Ezbai’s son;