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2 Samuel 23:8-23 (Basic)

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⁸ These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time. ⁹ After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight, ¹⁰ He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines. ¹¹ After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines. ¹² But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation. ¹³ And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim. ¹⁴ And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem. ¹⁵ And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town! ¹⁶ And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord. ¹⁷ And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war. ¹⁸ And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty. ¹⁹ Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three. ²⁰ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow: ²¹ And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear. ²² These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war. ²³ He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

Definition(s):
Ariel (Ar-ee-el): altar; light or lion of God
Benaiah (Be-nah-ya): son of the Lord
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
Dodai (Doh-dye): Dodanim, beloved
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Philistines (Fill-iss-tigns): those who dwell in villages
Ela (Ee-la):
Ishbaal (Ish-ba-al):
So (Soh):