8. And he built the city around it, from Millo round about, and Yo’aḇ revived the rest of the city.
9. And Dawiḏ went on and became great, and יהוה of hosts was with him.
10. And these were the heads of the mighty men whom Dawiḏ had, who strengthened themselves with him in his reign, with all Yisra’ĕl, to set him up to reign over Yisraĕl, according to the word of יהוה.
11. And this is the number of the mighty men whom Dawiḏ had: Yashoḇ‛am son of a Ḥaḵmonite, chief of the thirty. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred, slain at one time.
12. And after him was El‛azar son of Doḏo, the Aḥoḥite, who was one of the three mighty men.
13. He was with Dawiḏ at Pasdammim, and the Philistines were gathered there for battle, and a portion of the field was filled with barley, and the people had fled before the Philistines.
14. But they took their stand in the midst of that field, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines. Thus יהוה saved them by a great deliverance.
15. And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to Dawiḏ, into the cave of Aḏullam, while the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Repha’im.
16. And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, and the watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.
17. And Dawiḏ longed and said, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bĕyth Leḥem, which is by the gate!”
18. And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bĕyth Leḥem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to Dawiḏ. But Dawiḏ would not drink it, but poured it out to יהוה.
19. And he said, “Far be it from me, O my Elohim, that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who have risked their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” And he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.
20. And Aḇishai the brother of Yo’aḇ was chief of another three. And he had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, who were slain, and won a name among the three.
21. Of the three he was more esteemed than the other two men, so he became their head. However he did not come to the first three.