5. Now the residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot get in here!” Nevertheless David captured the stronghold of Zion, which is now the city of David.
6. David had said, “Whoever strikes down the Jebusites first will be commander-in-chief.” So Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became commander.
7. David lived in the stronghold; for this reason it is called the city of David.
8. He fortified the city all around, from the Millo to the surrounding walls, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9. David grew more and more powerful because Adonai-Tzva’ot was with him.
10. Now these were chiefs of David’s mighty men, who strongly supported him in his kingdom, together with all Israel to make him king, according to the word of Adonai, over Israel.
11. This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam the son of Hachmoni, was the chief of the 30; he wielded his spear against 300 and slew them all at one time.
12. After him was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
13. He was with David at Pas Dammim, when the Philistines assembled there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley where the army retreated from before the Philistines,
14. but they took a stand in the middle of the plot; they defended it and struck down the Philistines. Adonai delivered a great victory.
15. Three of the 30 leaders went down to David at the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
16. At that time, David was in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.
17. David had a craving and said, “If only someone would give me water to drink from the cistern by the gate in Bethlehem!”
18. So the three broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the cistern by the gate in Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But David refused to drink it. He poured it out to Adonai
19. and said: “Far be it for me that I should do this before my God! Can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?”—for they brought it at the risk of their lives and he would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the Three mighty men.