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  1 Chronicles 11-12


11:1 All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood.
11:2 In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD your God said to you, "You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.""
11:3 When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a compact with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had promised through Samuel.
11:4 David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there
11:5 said to David, "You will not get in here." Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David.
11:6 David had said, "Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander-in-chief." Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command.
11:7 David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David.
11:8 He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
11:9 And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD Almighty was with him.
11:10 These were the chiefs of David's mighty men-- they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the LORD had promised--
11:11 this is the list of David's mighty men
11:12 Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men.
11:13 He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
11:14 But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
11:15 Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
11:16 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
11:17 David longed for water and said, "Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!"
11:18 So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD.
11:19 "God forbid that I should do this!" he said. "Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?" Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.
11:21 He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.
11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab's best men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
11:23 And he struck down an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver's rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
11:24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty men.
11:25 He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
11:26 The mighty men were
11:27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth,
11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
11:31 Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
11:32 Hurai from the ravines of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
11:34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,
11:35 Ahiam son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
11:36 Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,
11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,
11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
11:42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,
11:43 Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,
11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
11:45 Jediael son of Shimri, his brother Joha the Tizite,
11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,
11:47 Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
12:1 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle;
12:2 they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were kinsmen of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin)
12:3 Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite,
12:4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
12:5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
12:6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites;
12:7 and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
12:8 Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.
12:9 Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
12:10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
12:11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
12:13 Jeremiah the tenth and Macbannai the eleventh.
12:14 These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
12:15 It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
12:16 Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
12:17 David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace, to help me, I am ready to have you unite with me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you."
12:18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said
12:19 Some of the men of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, "It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.")
12:20 When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him
12:21 They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army.
12:22 Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
12:23 These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingdom over to him, as the LORD had said
12:24 men of Judah, carrying shield and spear-- 6,800 armed for battle;
12:25 men of Simeon, warriors ready for battle-- 7,100;
12:26 men of Levi-- 4,600,
12:27 including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
12:28 and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;
12:29 men of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen-- 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until then;
12:30 men of Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans-- 20,800;
12:31 men of half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king-- 18,000;
12:32 men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do-- 200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;
12:33 men of Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty-- 50,000;
12:34 men of Naphtali-- 1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;
12:35 men of Dan, ready for battle-- 28,600;
12:36 men of Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle-- 40,000;
12:37 and from east of the Jordan, men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon-- 120,000.
12:38 All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king.
12:39 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.
12:40 Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

  John  6


6:1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),
6:2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.
6:3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.
6:4 The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
6:5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"
6:6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
6:7 Philip answered him, "Eight months" wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"
6:8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,
6:9 "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
6:10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
6:11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
6:12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."
6:13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
6:14 After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."
6:15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
6:16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,
6:17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.
6:18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough.
6:19 When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified.
6:20 But he said to them, "It is I; don"t be afraid."
6:21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
6:22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.
6:23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
6:24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.
6:25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
6:26 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
6:27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
6:28 Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"
6:29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this
6:30 So they asked him, "What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
6:31 Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written
6:32 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
6:33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
6:34 "Sir," they said, "from now on give us this bread."
6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
6:36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.
6:37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
6:38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
6:39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
6:40 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
6:41 At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."
6:42 They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, "I came down from heaven"?"
6:43 "Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered.
6:44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:45 It is written in the Prophets
6:46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
6:47 I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
6:48 I am the bread of life.
6:49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.
6:50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.
6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
6:52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
6:53 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
6:56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
6:57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever."
6:59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
6:60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?"
6:61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, "Does this offend you?
6:62 What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
6:64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.
6:65 He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him."
6:66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
6:67 "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.
6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
6:69 We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."
6:70 Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!"
6:71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)