1. Tarihler 11

¹Bütün İsrail Hevron'da Davut'un yanına gelip şöyle dedi: "İşte, biz senin kemiklerin ve senin etleriniz."

²"Geçmişte, Saul kral iken bile, İsrail'i savaşa götürüp getiren sendin. Ve İsrail'in Rabbi sana, 'Halkım İsrail'i sen güdeceksin ve İsrail'in üzerinde önder olacaksın' dedi."

³Böylece İsrail'in bütün ileri gelenleri Hevron'a, kralın yanına geldiler. Kral Davut Hevron'da, Rabbin huzurunda onlarla bir antlaşma yaptı. Rabbin Samuel aracılığıyla söylediği söz uyarınca Davut'u İsrail kralı olarak meshettiler.

⁴Kral ve adamları Yeruşalim'e (ki burası Yevus'tur) gittiler. Orada yaşayan ülke halkı Yevuslular Davut'a şöyle dediler:

⁵"Buraya giremezsin!" Ama Davut Siyon Kalesi'ni ele geçirdi (burası Davut Kenti'dir).

⁶Davut, "Yevuslulara ilk kim darbe indirirse, önder ve komutan olacak" dedi. İlk önce Seruya oğlu Yoav çıktı ve önder oldu.

⁷Davut kalede yerleşti; bu yüzden orayı Davut Kenti diye adlandırdı.

⁸Kenti çevreleyen surları inşa etti; savaştı ve kenti ele geçirdi.

⁹Davut gittikçe daha da güçlendi, çünkü Her Şeye Gücü Yeten Rab onunlaydı.

¹⁰Rabbin İsrail hakkındaki sözü uyarınca, Davut'u kral yapmak için krallığında bütün İsrail'le birlikte ona destek veren yiğitlerin önderleri şunlardır:

¹¹Davut'un yiğitlerinin listesi şudur: Otuzların birincisi, Ahmani oğlu Yeşebaal. Bir kez kılıcını çekip tek bir çatışmada üç yüz yaralıyı yere serdi.

¹²Ondan sonra, üç yiğitten biri olan Ahohlu Dodai oğlu Eleazar geliyordu.

¹³Filistliler savaşmak için Pas-Dammim'de toplandıklarında Eleazar Davut'un yanındaydı. Orada arpa dolu bir tarla vardı. Halk Filistlilerin önünden kaçtı.

¹⁴Ama o tarlanın ortasında durup orayı savundu ve Filistlileri bozguna uğrattı. Böylece Rab büyük bir kurtuluş gerçekleştirdi.

¹⁵Otuz önderden üçü, kayalıktaki Davut'un yanına, Adullam Mağarası'na indiler. Filist ordusu ise Devler Vadisi'nde ordugah kurmuştu.

¹⁶O sırada Davut kaledeydi, Filistlilerin birliği de Beytlehem'deydi.

¹⁷Davut özlemle, "Keşke biri bana Beytlehem'de, kapının yanındaki sarnıçtan su getirse de içsem!" dedi.

¹⁸Bunun üzerine bu üç yiğit Filist ordugahının ortasından yarıp geçerek Beytlehem'de, kapının yanındaki sarnıçtan su çektiler. Suyu alıp Davut'a getirdiler. Ama Davut içmek istemedi, onu Rabbe sunu olarak yere döktü.

¹⁹"Bunu yapmak benden uzak olsun, ey Tanrım!" dedi, "Canlarını tehlikeye atıp giden bu adamların kanını mı içeyim? Çünkü onu canları pahasına getirdiler." Bu yüzden suyu içmek istemedi. İşte bu üç yiğit bunu yaptı.

²⁰Yoav'ın kardeşi Avişay bu üçlerin önderiydi. Kılıcını çekip tek bir çatışmada üç yüz yaralıyı öldürdü ve bu üçler arasında ün kazandı.

²¹Bu üçler arasında diğer ikisinden daha saygındı ve onlara önder oldu; ama ilk üçlerin derecesine erişemedi.

²²Yehoyada oğlu Benaya, Kabseel'den yiğit bir adamın oğlu olup büyük işler başarmıştı. Moab'ın iki Ariel'ini öldürdü. Karlı bir gün çukura inip bir aslan öldürdü.

²³Ayrıca beş arşın boyunda, heybetli bir Mısırlıyı öldürdü. Mısırlının elinde dokumacı mekiği gibi bir mızrak vardı. Benaya onun üzerine bir değnekle gitti, mızrağı Mısırlının elinden kapıp onu kendi mızrağıyla öldürdü.

²⁴Yehoyada oğlu Benaya bunları yaptı ve üç yiğit arasında ün kazandı.

²⁵Otuzlardan daha saygındı, ama ilk üçlerin derecesine erişemedi. Davut onu kendi soyunun başına getirdi.

²⁶Ordunun yiğitleri şunlardı: Yoav'ın kardeşi Asahel, Beytlehem'den Dodoe oğlu Elhanan,

²⁷Rorlu Sammoth, Phellonlu Khelles,

²⁸Thekolu Ekkis oğlu Hora, Anathothlu Aviezer,

²⁹Asothlu Sobohai, Akhonlu Eli,

³⁰Netophalı Moorai, Netophalı Nooza oğlu Kholod,

³¹Benyamin tepesinden Rebiye oğlu Ayri, Pharathonlu Benaya,

³²Gaas deresinden Uri, Garabaithli Aviel,

³³Baromlu Azmoth, Salabonlu Elyaba,

³⁴Gizonlu Asam'ın oğlu, Ararlı Sola oğlu Yonatan,

³⁵Ararlı Akhar oğlu Akhim, Thyrophar oğlu Elphat,

³⁶Mekhorathlı, Phellonlu Akhia,

³⁷Kharmadalı Hesere, Azobai oğlu Naarai,

³⁸Natan oğlu Yoel, Agari oğlu Mebaal,

³⁹Ammonlu Sele, Seruya oğlu Yoav'ın silah taşıyıcısı Beerotlu Nahor,

⁴⁰Iethrili Ira, Iethrili Gareb,

⁴¹Hitti Uriya, Akhaia oğlu Zabet,

⁴²Ruben'in lideri Saiza oğlu Adina ve onunla birlikte otuz kişi,

⁴³Mookha oğlu Anan, Matthanlı Yoşafat,

⁴⁴Astarothlu Ozia, Ararlı Khotham'ın oğulları Samatha ve Ieiel,

⁴⁵Sameri oğlu Iediel ve kardeşi Thosalı Iozae,

⁴⁶Maolu Eliel, Iaribi ve oğlu Iosia, Ellaam ve Moavlı Iethama,

⁴⁷Daliel, Obed ve Mesobialı Iessiel.

¹ΚΑΙ ἦλθε πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς Δαυὶδ ἐν Χεβρὼν λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ ὀστᾶ σου καὶ σάρκες σου ἡμεῖς·

²καὶ ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ὄντος Σαοὺλ βασιλέως, σὺ ἦσθα ὁ ἐξάγων καὶ εἰσάγων τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ισραὴλ Κύριός σοι· σὺ ποιμανεῖς τὸν λαόν μου τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ σὺ ἔσῃ εἰς ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ.

³καὶ ἦλθον πάντες πρεσβύτεροι ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰς Χεβρών, καὶ διέθετο αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ διαθήκην ἐν Χεβρὼν ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἔχρισαν τὸν Δαυὶδ εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, διὰ χειρὸς Σαμουήλ.

⁴Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ (αὕτη ᾿Ιεβούς), καὶ ἐκεῖ οἱ ᾿Ιεβουσαῖοι οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν εἶπον τῷ Δαυίδ·

⁵οὐκ εἰσελεύσῃ ὧδε. καὶ προκατελάβετο τὴν περιοχὴν Σιὼν (αὕτη ἡ πόλις Δαυίδ).

⁶καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· πᾶς τύπτων ᾿Ιεβουσαῖον ἐν πρώτοις καὶ ἔσται εἰς ἄρχοντα καὶ εἰς στρατηγόν· καὶ ἀνέβη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν ἐν πρώτοις ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱὸς Σαρουΐα καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς ἄρχοντα.

⁷καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὴν Πόλιν Δαυίδ·

⁸καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν πόλιν κύκλῳ· καὶ ἐπολέμησε καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν πόλιν.

⁹καὶ ἐπορεύετο Δαυὶδ πορευόμενος καὶ μεγαλυνόμενος, καὶ Κύριος παντοκράτωρ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁰Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν δυνατῶν, οἳ ἦσαν τῷ Δαυίδ, οἱ κατισχύοντες μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ μετὰ παντὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ·

¹¹καὶ οὗτος ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν δυνατῶν τοῦ Δαυίδ· ᾿Ιεσεβάαλ υἱὸς ᾿Αχαμανὶ πρῶτος τῶν τριάκοντα· οὗτος ἐσπάσατο τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἅπαξ ἐπὶ τριακοσίους τραυματίας ἐν καιρῷ ἑνί.

¹²καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτὸν ᾿Ελεάζαρ υἱὸς Δωδαΐ ὁ ᾿Αχωχί· οὗτος ἦν ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ δυνατοῖς.

¹³οὗτος ἦν μετὰ Δαυὶδ ἐν Φασοδομίν, καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι συνήχθησαν ἐκεῖ εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἦν μερὶς τοῦ ἀγροῦ πλήρης κριθῶν, καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἔφυγεν ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων·

¹⁴καὶ ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ τῆς μερίδος καὶ ἔσωσεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους, καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην.

¹⁵καὶ κατέβησαν τρεῖς ἐκ τῶν τριάκοντα ἀρχόντων εἰς τὴν πέτραν πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον ᾿Οδολλάμ, καὶ παρεμβολὴ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῶν γιγάντων.

¹⁶καὶ Δαυὶδ τότε ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ, καὶ τὸ σύστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

¹⁷καὶ ἐπεθύμησε Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπε· τίς ποτιεῖ με ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ;

¹⁸καὶ διέρρηξαν οἱ τρεῖς τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βηθλεέμ, ὃς ἦν ἐν τῇ πύλῃ, καὶ ἔλαβον καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς Δαυίδ, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε Δαυὶδ τοῦ πιεῖν αὐτὸ καὶ ἔσπεισεν αὐτὸ τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ εἶπεν·

¹⁹ἵλεώς μου ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, εἰ αἷμα ἀνδρῶν τούτων πίομαι ἐν ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν; ὅτι ἐν ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν ἤνεγκαν αὐτό· καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο πιεῖν αὐτό. ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοί.

²⁰καὶ ᾿Αβεσαὰ ἀδελφὸς ᾿Ιωάβ, οὗτος ἦν ἄρχων τῶν τριῶν, οὗτος ἐσπάσατο τὴν ρομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τριακοσίους τραυματίας ἐν καιρῷ ἑνί, καὶ οὗτος ἦν ὀνομαστὸς ἐν τοῖς τρισίν,

²¹ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν ὑπὲρ τοὺς δύο ἔνδοξος, καὶ ἦν αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄρχοντα καὶ ἕως τῶν τριῶν οὐκ ἤρχετο.

²²καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ υἱὸς ἀνδρὸς δυνατοῦ, πολλὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ Καβασαήλ· οὗτος ἐπάταξε τοὺς δύο ἀριὴλ Μωὰβ καὶ οὗτος κατέβη καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν λέοντα ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ χιόνος·

²³καὶ οὗτος ἐπάταξε τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἄνδρα ὁρατὸν πεντάπηχυν, καὶ ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου δόρυ ὡς ἀντίον ὑφαινόντων, καὶ κατέβη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν Βαναίας ἐν ράβδῳ καὶ ἀφείλετο ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου τὸ δόρυ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι αὐτοῦ.

²⁴ταῦτα ἐποίησε Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαέ, καὶ τούτῳ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς·

²⁵ὑπὲρ τοὺς τριάκοντα ἦν ἔνδοξος οὗτος καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς οὐκ ἤρχετο· καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τὴν πατριὰν αὐτοῦ.

²⁶καὶ δυνατοὶ τῶν δυνάμεων· ᾿Ασαὴλ ἀδελφὸς ᾿Ιωάβ, ᾿Ελεανὰν υἱὸς Δωδωὲ ἐκ Βηθλεέμ,

²⁷Σαμμὼθ ὁ ᾿Αρωρί, Χελλὴς ὁ Φελωνί,

²⁸῾Ωρὰ υἱὸς ᾿Εκκὶς ὁ Θεκωί, ᾿Αβιέζερ ὁ ᾿Αναθωθί,

²⁹Σοβοχαὶ ὁ ᾿Ασωθί, ᾿Ηλὶ ὁ ᾿Αχωνί,

³⁰Μοοραΐ ὁ Νετωφαθί, Χολὸδ υἱὸς Νοοζὰ ὁ Νετωφαθί,

³¹Αἰρὶ υἱὸς Ῥεβιὲ ἐκ βουνοῦ Βενιαμίν, Βαναίας ὁ Φαραθωνί,

³²Οὐρὶ ἐκ Ναχαλὶ Γάας, ᾿Αβιὴλ ὁ Γαραβαιθί,

³³᾿Αζμὼθ ὁ Βαρωμί, ᾿Ελιαβὰ ὁ Σαλαβωνί,

³⁴υἱὸς ᾿Ασὰμ τοῦ Γιζωνίτου, ᾿Ιωνάθαν υἱὸς Σωλὰ ὁ ᾿Αραρί,

³⁵᾿Αχὶμ υἱὸς ᾿Αχὰρ ὁ ᾿Αραρί, ᾿Ελφὰτ υἱὸς Θυροφὰρ

³⁶ὁ Μεχωραθρί, ᾿Αχία ὁ Φελλωνί,

³⁷᾿Ησερὲ ὁ Χαρμαδαΐ, Νααραὶ υἱὸς ᾿Αζοβαί,

³⁸᾿Ιωὴλ υἱὸς Νάθαν, Μεβαὰλ υἱὸς ᾿Αγαρί,

³⁹Σελὴ ὁ ᾿Αμμωνί, Ναχὼρ ὁ Βηρωθί, αἴρων σκεύη ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱῷ Σαρουΐα,

⁴⁰᾿Ιρὰ ὁ ᾿Ιεθρί, Γαρὴβ ὁ ᾿Ιεθρί,

⁴¹Οὐρία ὁ Χεττί, Ζαβὲτ υἱὸς ᾿Αχαϊά,

⁴²᾿Αδινὰ υἱὸς Σαιζὰ τοῦ Ῥουβὴν ἄρχων, καὶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ τριάκοντα.

⁴³᾿Ανὰν υἱὸς Μοωχά, καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ ὁ Ματθανί,

⁴⁴᾿Οζία ὁ ᾿Ασταρωθί, Σαμαθὰ καὶ ᾿Ιειὴλ υἱοὶ Χωθὰμ τοῦ ᾿Αραρί,

⁴⁵᾿Ιεδιὴλ υἱὸς Σαμερὶ καὶ ᾿Ιωζαὲ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ Θωσαΐ,

⁴⁶᾿Ελιὴλ ὁ Μαωΐ καὶ ᾿Ιαριβί, καὶ ᾿Ιωσία υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ᾿Ελλαὰμ καὶ ᾿Ιεθαμὰ ὁ Μωαβίτης,

⁴⁷Δαλιὴλ καὶ ᾿Ωβὴδ καὶ ᾿Ιεσσιὴλ ὁ Μεσωβία.

¹And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bones and thy flesh.

²And heretofore when Saul was king, thou wast he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a ruler over Israel.

³And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

⁴And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, this [is] Jebus; and there the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land said to David,

⁵Thou shalt not enter in hither. But he took the strong hold of Sion: this [is] the city of David.

⁶And David said, Whoever first smites the Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Saruia went up first, and became chief.

⁷And David dwelt in the strong hold; therefore he called it the city of David.

⁸And he fortified the city round about.

⁹And David continued to increase, and the Lord Almighty [was] with him.

¹⁰And these [are] the chiefs of the mighty men, whom David had, who strengthened [themselves] with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

¹¹And this [is] the list of the mighty [men] of David; Jesebada, son of Achaman, first of the thirty: he drew his sword once against three hundred whom he slew at one time.

¹²And after him Eleazar son of Dodai, the Achochite: he was among the three mighty men.

¹³He was with David in Pasodamin, and the Philistines were gathered there to battle, and [there was] a portion of the field full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines.

¹⁴And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.

¹⁵And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines [was] in the giants’ valley.

¹⁶And David [was] then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem.

¹⁷And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethleem, that is in the gate?

¹⁸And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem, which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said,

¹⁹God forbid that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? for with [the peril of] their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty [men].

²⁰And Abisa the brother of Joab, he was chief of three: he drew his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had a name among the [second] three.

²¹He was more famous than the two [others] of the three, and he was chief [over] them; yet he reached not to the [first] three.

²²And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many [were] his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

²³And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits [high]; and in the hand of the Egyptian [there was] a spear like a weavers’ beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²⁴These things did Banaia son of Jodae, and his name [was] among the three mighties.

²⁵He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the [first] three: and David set him over his family.

²⁶And the mighty [men] of the forces [were], Asael the brother of Joab, Eleanan the son of Dodoe of Bethleem,

²⁷Samaoth the Arorite, Chelles the Phelonite,

²⁸Ora the son of Ekkis the Thecoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

²⁹Sobochai the Usathite, Eli the Achonite,

³⁰Marai the Netophathite, Chthaod the son of Nooza the Netophathite,

³¹Airi the son of Rebie of the hill of Benjamin, Banaias the Pharathonite,

³²Uri of Nachali Gaas, Abiel the Garabaethite,

³³Azbon the Baromite, Eliaba the Salabonite,

³⁴the son of Asam the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Sola the Ararite,

³⁵Achim the son of Achar the Ararite, Elphat the son of Thyrophar

³⁶the Mechorathrite, Achia the Phellonite,

³⁷Esere the Charmadaite, Naarai the son of Azobai,

³⁸Joel the son of Nathan, Mebaal son of Agari,

³⁹Sele the son of Ammoni, Nachor the Berothite, armour-bearer to the son of Saruia,

⁴⁰Ira the Jethrite, Gaber the Jethrite,

⁴¹Uria the Chettite, Zabet son of Achaia,

⁴²Adina son of Saeza, a chief of Ruben, and thirty with him,

⁴³Anan the son of Moocha, and Josaphat the Matthanite,

⁴⁴Ozia the Astarothite, Samatha and Jeiel sons of Chotham the Ararite,

⁴⁵Jediel the son of Sameri, and Jozae his brother the Thosaite,

⁴⁶Eliel the Maoite, and Jaribi, and Josia his son, Ellaam, and Jethama the Moabite,

⁴⁷Daliel, and Obeth, and Jessiel of Mesobia.