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Brenton's English Septuagint Translation (1851)
Greek: Rahlfs — 2 Samuel
And these are the last words of David. Faithful is David the son of Jessæ, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful are the psalms of Israel.
The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.
The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?
And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.
All these are as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,
and a man shall not labour among them; and one shall have that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.
And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of Odollam; and there was an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley of Raphain.
And David was then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.
λάκκου Βαιθλεεμ σύστημα Βαιθλεεμ
And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.
Of those three he was most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the first three.
These things did Banæas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
He was honourable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and David made him his reporter. And these are the names of king David's mighty men.
Ασαηλ Ιωαβ Ελεαναν Δουδι πατραδέλφου Βαιθλεεμ
Asael Joab's brother; he was among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.
Σαμαι Αρουδαῖος Ελικα Αρωδαῖος
Sæma the Rudæan.
Ελλης Φελωθι Ιρας Εκκας Θεκωίτης
Selles the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite.
Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite.
Σελμων Αωίτης Μοορε Νετωφαθίτης
Ellon the Aoite; Noëre the Netophatite.
Ελα Βαανα Νετωφαθίτης Εθθι Ριβα Γαβαεθ
Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite; Asmoth the Bardiamite; Emasu the Salabonite:
Βαναιας Φαραθωνίτης Ουρι Ναχαλιγαιας
Αβιηλ Αραβωθίτου Αζμωθ Βαρσαμίτης
Ελιασου Σαλαβωνίτης Ιασαν Ιωναθαν
the sons of Asan, Jonathan;
Σαμμα Αρωδίτης Αχιαν Σαραδ Αραουρίτης
Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.
Αλιφαλεθ Ασβίτου Μααχατι Ελιαβ Αχιτοφελ Γελωνίτου
Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the son of Achitophel the Gelonite.
Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uræoerchi.
Gaal the son of Nathana. The son of much valour, the son of Galaaddi.
Ελιε Αμμανίτης Γελωραι Βηρωθαῖος Ιωαβ Σαρουιας
Elie the Ammanite.
Adroi of the brooks.
Gadabiel son of the Arabothæite.
Gelore the Bethorite, armour-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.
Ιρας Ιεθιραῖος Γαρηβ Ιεθιραῖος
Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite.
Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all.
For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is, that the wicked should not flourish.
And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty men with David; and when he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.
He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people rested behind him only to strip the slain.
And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentiles; and the people fled before the Philistines.
And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.
And Banæas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
