David’s Last Song

1These are the last wordes of Dauid: Dauid the sonne of Isai sayde. The man, that was set vp to be ye anoynted of the God of Iacob, & a pleasaunt dyter of songes of Israel, sayde:

2The sprete of the LORDE hath spoken by me, and the vtteraunce therof is done thorow my tunge.

3He sayde: The God of Israel hath spoke vnto me, the strength of Israel, the gouernoure amonge men, the righteous gouernoure in the feare of God.

4As the lighte is in ye mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth, so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth: and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne,

5euen so shal my house be with God. For he hath made an euerlastinge couenaunt with me, well appoynted on euery syde and sure. For this is all my health & pleasure, that it shal growe.

6But the Belial shalbe vtterly & cleane roted out as the thornes, which me take not in their hades.

7And they yt touch them, shal destroye them wt yrons & speares: & in the fyre shal they be brent, that they maye be broughte to naught.

David’s Mighty Men
(1 Chronicles 11:10–47)

8These are the names of Dauids Worthies: Iasabeam ye sonne of Hachmoni, the chefest amonge thre, which lifte vp his speare, & slewe eight hundreth at one tyme. 9After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi amonge the thre Worthies with Dauid, whan they spake despytefully to the Philistynes, and were gathered together to the battayll, and the men of Israel wente vp. 10Then stode he vp and smote the Philistynes, tyll his hande was so weery that it crompled with the swerde. And the LORDE gaue a greate victory at the same tyme, so that the people turned after him to spoyle.

11After him was Samma the sonne of Age ye Hararite. Wha the Philistynes had gathered themselues in a company, and in the same place there was a pece of lode full of small corne, and the people fled before the Philistynes, 12the stode he in the myddes of ye pece of londe, & delyuered it, & smote ye Philistynes. And God gaue a greate victory.

13And these thre pryncipall amonge thirtie, came downe in the haruest vnto Dauid, into the caue of Adullam, & the hoost of ye Philistynes laye in ye valley of Rephaim. 14But Dauid was at the same tyme in the castell, and ye Philistynes people laye at Bethleem. 15And Dauid was desyrous, and sayde: Wolde God yt some man wolde fetch me a drynke of water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate. 16The brake the thre Worthies into the hoost of the Philistynes, and drue of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder ye gate, & caried it & broughte it vnto Dauid: neuertheles he wolde not drynke it, but offred it vnto the LORDE, 17& sayde: The LORDE let this be farre fro me, that I shulde do it. Is it not the bloude of the men that ioperded their lyues, and wente thither? And he wolde not drynke it. This dyd the thre Worthies.

18Abisai ye brother of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was one also chefe amoge thre. He lifte vp his speare & smote thre hundreth, & was an awncient man amoge thre, 19& the noblest amonge thre, & was their ruler. But he came not vnto the thre.

20And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, the sonne of Ishail (a man of greate actes of Cabzeell) smote two mightie giautes of ye Moabites, & wete downe, & slewe a lyon at a well in the snowe tyme. 21He smote also a fayre goodly man of Egipte, which had a speare in his hande. But he wete downe to him with a staffe, and toke the speare out of the Egipcians hande by violence, and slewe him with his owne speare. 22This dyd Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and was a famous man amoge thre Worthies, 23and more honorable then the thirtie, but he came not vnto the thre. And Dauid made him of his secrete coucell.

24Asahel the brother of Ioab is amonge ye thirtie: Elham his vncles sonne at Bethleem. 25Samma the Haradite, Elika the Haradite, 26Helez the Paltite, Ira the sonne of Tekoite, 27Abiser the Anthothite, Mebunai the Husathite, 28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maherai the Netophatite, 29Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea of the childre of Ben Iamin, 30Benaia the Pirgathonite, Hidai of the broke of Gaas, 31Abialbon the Arbathite, Asmaueth the Bahumite, 32Eliaheba the Baalbonite. The children of Iasen and Ionathas: 33Samma the Hararite, 34Eliphelet the sonne of Ahasbai ye sonne of Maechathi, Eliam the sonne of Achitophel ye Gilonite, 35Hesrai of Carmel, Paerai the Arbite, 36Iegael the sonne of Nathan of Soba, Bani the Gadite, 37Zeleg the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the weapen bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia, 38Ira the Iethrite, Gareb the Iethrite, 39Vrias the Hethite. These are alltogether seuen and thirtie.