14David was then in a fortified place, and the Philistines were in Bethlehem.

15When David was thirsty, he said, "Who will give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem at the gate?"

16Then the three brave men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem near the gate, and took it and brought it to David. But he would not drink it, and poured it out to the glory of the Lord;

17And he said, "May the Lord preserve me, that I may do this!" Is this not the blood of people who walked at the risk of their own lives? And he did not want to drink it. That's what these three brave men did!

18And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three; and he slew three hundred men with his spear, and was in glory with the three.

19Of the three, he was the noblest, and he was the ruler, but he was not equal to those three.

20Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a man of valiance, great in deeds, of Kabzeel; he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab; and he went down and killed the lion in the pit in the snowy season;

21And he killed a certain Egyptian, a man of eminence; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, and he went to him with a stick, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22This is what Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and he was in glory with three mighty men.

23He was more noble than thirty, but he was not equal to those three. And David made him the nearest executor of his commands.

24 [These are the names of King David's mighty men:] Asahel the brother of Joab is among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

26Cherez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikesh, the Tekoite,

27Ebezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushatite,