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2 Sa-mu-ên 23
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2 Sa-mu-ên 23
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Những Lời Cuối Cùng Của Vua Đa-vít
23 Đây là những lời cuối cùng của vua Đa-vít:
Lời của Đa-vít, con ông Y-sai,
Lời của người được nhấc lên cao,[a]
Người được Đức Chúa Trời của nhà Gia-cốp xức dầu tấn phong;
Người sáng tác những bài ca được dân Y-sơ-ra-ên ưa chuộng:
2 Thần Linh CHÚA dùng ta phán dạy,
Sứ điệp Ngài ở nơi lưỡi ta.
3 Đức Chúa Trời của dân Y-sơ-ra-ên truyền dạy,
Núi Đá của dân Y-sơ-ra-ên phán với ta:
“Người nào cai trị nhân loại cách công minh,
Người nào cai trị với lòng kính sợ Đức Chúa Trời,
4 Sẽ như ánh sáng ban mai, lúc mặt trời mọc
Vào một buổi sáng trời quang mây tạnh,
Ánh hào quang rực rỡ sau cơn mưa,
Làm cây cỏ xanh tươi mọc lên từ lòng đất.”
5 Đức Chúa Trời chắc chắn sẽ ban phước cho dòng dõi ta như vậy!
Vì Ngài đã lập với ta một giao ước đời đời,
Có quy định đầy đủ, không đổi dời.
Mọi thành công, mọi điều ta ao ước,
Ngài sẽ cho nẩy mầm.
6 Nhưng phường gian ác, hết thảy chúng đều bị nhổ bỏ như gai gốc.
Không ai dám nắm chúng trong tay.
7 Người nào đụng đến chúng,
Phải có dụng cụ bằng sắt, hoặc gỗ, cây giáo.
Chúng bị đốt cháy rụi trong lửa, ngay tại chỗ.
Ba Dũng Sĩ Của Vua Đa-vít
8 Đây là tên các dũng sĩ của vua Đa-vít: ông Giô-sép Ba-sê-bết,[b] người Tách-kê-môn, đứng đầu các dũng sĩ.[c] Người ta cũng gọi ông là A-đi-nô, người Ê-xen. Ông giết chết tám trăm người cùng một lúc.
9 Kế đến trong số ba dũng sĩ là ông Ê-lê-a-sa, con ông Đô-đô, người A-hô-hi. Ông theo vua Đa-vít khi họ thách quân Phi-li-tin đã tụ tập về đó để giao chiến. Quân Y-sơ-ra-ên rút lui. 10 Nhưng ông giữ vững vị trí và chém giết quân Phi-li-tin cho đến khi bàn tay ông mệt mỏi dính chặt vào thanh gươm. Quân Y-sơ-ra-ên trở về ủng hộ ông, nhưng chỉ để lột xác chết. Ngày hôm ấy, CHÚA cho dân Y-sơ-ra-ên chiến thắng vẻ vang.
11 Kế đến là ông Sam-ma, con ông A-ghê, người Ha-ra. Quân Phi-li-tin tụ về Lê-hi. Tại đó có một thửa đất trồng đậu lăng. Quân Y-sơ-ra-ên chạy trốn quân Phi-li-tin. 12 Nhưng ông đứng giữa thửa đất, đánh giết quân Phi-li-tin và bảo vệ vườn đậu. CHÚA cho dân Y-sơ-ra-ên chiến thắng vẻ vang.
Thành Tích Của Ba Dũng Sĩ Trong Nhóm Ba Mươi
13 Ba người trong Nhóm Ba Mươi dũng sĩ hàng đầu đi xuống hang đá A-đu-lam vào mùa gặt để gặp vua Đa-vít. Một đạo binh Phi-li-tin đang đóng quân trong thung lũng Rê-pha-im. 14 Chúng đã chiếm đóng thành Bết-lê-hem. Lúc ấy, vua Đa-vít đang ở trong đồn ẩn náu. 15 Vua nhớ nhà và nói: “Ước chi có ai cho ta uống nước lấy ở giếng từ cổng thành Bết-lê-hem!” 16 Vậy ba dũng sĩ đột nhập trại quân Phi-li-tin, lấy nước từ giếng bên cổng thành Bết-lê-hem, đem về cho vua Đa-vít. Nhưng vua từ chối, không uống. Vua đổ nước ra, dâng lên CHÚA. 17 Vua thưa: “Lạy CHÚA, xin đừng cho con uống nước ấy, vì đây là máu của những người đã liều mạng mình đi lấy về cho con.” Vậy vua từ chối, không uống nước. Đó là những thành tích của ba dũng sĩ.
A-bi-sai Và Bê-na-gia
18 Ông A-bi-sai, anh ông Giô-áp, con bà Xê-ru-gia, đứng đầu các dũng sĩ.[d] Ông vung gươm, chém giết 300 người, nên có tên trong nhóm ba dũng sĩ. 19 Ông được tôn trọng hơn Nhóm Ba Mươi[e] và chỉ huy họ, nhưng không được vào Bộ Ba.
20 Ông Bê-na-gia, con ông Giê-hô-gia-đa, ở Cáp-xê-ên, là con một dũng sĩ, đạt được nhiều thành tích. Chính ông đã giết hai con trai của ông A-ri-ên, người Mô-áp. Chính ông cũng đã xuống hầm giết một con sư tử vào một ngày tuyết giá. 21 Chính ông cũng đã giết một tên Ai-cập khổng lồ. Tên Ai-cập cầm giáo, trong khi ông Bê-na-gia chỉ có cây gậy. Ông giật cây giáo khỏi tay tên Ai-cập, và lấy giáo của nó mà giết nó. 22 Ông Bê-na-gia, con ông Giê-hô-gia-đa, đã lập được những thành tích đó nên ông có tên trong nhóm ba dũng sĩ. 23 Ông được tôn trọng hơn Nhóm Ba Mươi, nhưng không được vào Bộ Ba. Vua Đa-vít cử ông chỉ huy đoàn vệ binh.
Nhóm Ba Mươi
24 Trong Nhóm Ba Mươi có ông A-sa-ên, em ông Giô-áp; Ên-ha-nan, con ông Đô-đô, ở Bết-lê-hem; 25 ông Sam-ma ở Ha-rốt; ông Ê-li-ca cũng ở Ha-rốt; 26 ông Hê-lết, người Phan-ti, ông Y-ra, con ông Y-kết ở Thê-cô-a; 27 ông A-bi-ê-se ở A-na-tốt; ông Mê-bu-nai ở Hu-sa; 28 ông Sanh-môn, thuộc dòng dõi ông A-hô-a; ông Ma-ha-rai ở Nê-tô-pha; 29 ông Hê-lép, con ông Ba-a-na, ở Nê-tô-pha; ông Y-tai, con ông Ri-bai, ở Ghi-bê-a thuộc lãnh thổ Bên-gia-min; 30 ông Bê-na-gia ở Phi-ra-thôn; ông Hi-đai ở vùng khe suối núi Ga-ách; 31 ông A-bi-anh-bôn ở A-ra-ba; ông Át-ma-vết ở Ba-hu-rim; 32 ông Ên-gia-ba ở Sa-an-bim; ông Gia-sen ở Gu-ni; 33 ông Giô-na-than, con ông Sam-ma ở Ha-ra; ông A-hi-am, con ông Sa-ra, ở A-ra; 34 ông Ê-li-phê-lết, con ông A-hát-bai ở Ma-a-ca; ông Ê-li-am, con ông A-hi-tô-phen ở Ghi-lô; 35 ông Hết-rai ở Cạt-mên; ông Pha-rai ở A-ráp; 36 ông Gích-an, con ông Na-than ở Xô-ba; ông Ba-ni, người Gát; 37 ông Xê-léc người Am-môn; ông Na-ha-rai ở Bê-ê-rốt, người mang khí giới của ông Giô-áp, con bà Xê-ru-gia; 38 ông Y-ra người Gít-rơ; ông Ga-rép, người Gít-rơ; 39 ông U-ri người Hết.
Tổng cộng là 37 dũng sĩ.
2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel 23
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David’s Last Song
23 Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse declares,
The man who was raised on high declares,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel,
2
“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.
3
“The God of Israel,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,
4
Is like the morning light when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the fresh grass springs out of the earth
Through sunshine after rain.’
5
“Truly is not my house so [blessed] with God?
For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,
Ordered in all things, and secured.
For will He not cause to grow and prosper
All my salvation and my every wish?
Will He not make it grow and prosper?
6
“But the wicked and worthless are all to be thrown away like thorns,
Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
7
“But the man who touches them
Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they are utterly burned and consumed by fire in their place.”
His Mighty Men
8 These are the names of the mighty men (warriors) whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the [a]captains, also called Adino the Eznite (spear) because of the [b]eight hundred men killed [by him] at one time.(A) 9 Next to him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three mighty men with David when they taunted and defied the Philistines assembled there for battle, and the men of Israel had gone. 10 Eleazar stood up and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day; the people returned after him only to take the spoil [of the slain].
11 Next to Eleazar was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered into an army where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people [of Israel] fled from the Philistines. 12 But he took his stand in the center of the plot and defended it and struck down the Philistines; and the Lord brought about a great victory.
13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David at harvest time in the cave of Adullam, while an army of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. 14 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15 And David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” 16 So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink it, but poured it out [in worship] to the Lord. 17 And he said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should drink this. [Is it not the same as] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he would not drink it. These things the [c]three mighty men did.
18 Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was chief of the [d]thirty. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and gained a reputation beside the three. 19 He was the most honored of the thirty, so he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the [greatness of the] three.
20 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many notable acts, killed two [famous] warriors of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day. 21 And he killed an Egyptian, an impressive and handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a club, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed the man with his own spear. 22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and gained a reputation beside the three mighty men. 23 He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the [greatness of the] three. David appointed him over his guard.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; then Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, 27 Abiezer of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjamites, 30 Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32 Eliahba of Shaalbon, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel of Giloh, 35 Hezro (Hezrai) of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite—thirty-seven in all.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 23:8 The exploits of these three warriors are outlined in vv 8-11.
- 2 Samuel 23:8 1 Chr 11:11 lists the number as three hundred, and the number here is thought by some to be a textual error or exaggeration. But there is nothing in the text to suggest a scribal error, and if 800 slain by one man seems incredible, 300—though a much smaller number—still strains credibility. Perhaps divine intervention is the explanation (cf v 12), or Josheb was actually commanding other men but was credited with the victory as if he were alone, a common way to describe military victories.
- 2 Samuel 23:17 I.e. Josheb-basshebeth, Eleazar, and Shammah.
- 2 Samuel 23:18 So two Hebrew mss and Syriac; MT three.
2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel 23
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David’s Last Words
23 These are the last words of David:
“The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
the utterance of the man exalted(A) by the Most High,
the man anointed(B) by the God of Jacob,
the hero of Israel’s songs:
2 “The Spirit(C) of the Lord spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke,
the Rock(D) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,(E)
when he rules in the fear(F) of God,(G)
4 he is like the light(H) of morning(I) at sunrise(J)
on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain(K)
that brings grass from the earth.’
5 “If my house were not right with God,
surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,(L)
arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
and grant me my every desire.
6 But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,(M)
which are not gathered with the hand.
7 Whoever touches thorns
uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
they are burned up where they lie.”
David’s Mighty Warriors(N)
8 These are the names of David’s mighty warriors:(O)
Josheb-Basshebeth,[a](P) a Tahkemonite,[b] was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed[c] in one encounter.
9 Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai(Q) the Ahohite.(R) As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim[d] for battle. Then the Israelites retreated, 10 but Eleazar stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day. The troops returned to Eleazar, but only to strip the dead.
11 Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them. 12 But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory.
13 During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam,(S) while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.(T) 14 At that time David was in the stronghold,(U) and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.(V) 15 David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” 16 So the three mighty warriors 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(W) it out before the Lord. 17 “Far be it from me, Lord, to do this!” he said. “Is it not the blood(X) of men who went at the risk of their lives?” And David would not drink it.
Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.
18 Abishai(Y) the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.[e] He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. 19 Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.
20 Benaiah(Z) son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel,(AA) performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. 21 And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear 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. 22 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. 23 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.
24 Among the Thirty were:
Asahel(AB) the brother of Joab,
Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite,(AC)
Elika the Harodite,
26 Helez(AD) the Paltite,
Ira(AE) son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,
27 Abiezer(AF) from Anathoth,(AG)
Sibbekai[f] the Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite,
Maharai(AH) the Netophathite,(AI)
29 Heled[g](AJ) son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah(AK) in Benjamin,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite,(AL)
Hiddai[h] from the ravines of Gaash,(AM)
31 Abi-Albon the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Barhumite,(AN)
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
the sons of Jashen,
Jonathan 33 son of[i] Shammah the Hararite,
Ahiam son of Sharar[j] the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maakathite,(AO)
Eliam(AP) son of Ahithophel(AQ) the Gilonite,
35 Hezro the Carmelite,(AR)
Paarai the Arbite,
36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah,(AS)
the son of Hagri,[k]
37 Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Beerothite,(AT) the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
38 Ira the Ithrite,(AU)
Gareb the Ithrite
39 and Uriah(AV) the Hittite.
There were thirty-seven in all.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 23:8 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts suggest Ish-Bosheth, that is, Esh-Baal (see also 1 Chron. 11:11 Jashobeam).
- 2 Samuel 23:8 Probably a variant of Hakmonite (see 1 Chron. 11:11)
- 2 Samuel 23:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:11); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Three; it was Adino the Eznite who killed eight hundred men
- 2 Samuel 23:9 See 1 Chron. 11:13; Hebrew gathered there.
- 2 Samuel 23:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty
- 2 Samuel 23:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 21:18; 1 Chron. 11:29); Hebrew Mebunnai
- 2 Samuel 23:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also 1 Chron. 11:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Heleb
- 2 Samuel 23:30 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:32) Hurai
- 2 Samuel 23:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:34); Hebrew does not have son of.
- 2 Samuel 23:33 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:35) Sakar
- 2 Samuel 23:36 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:38); Hebrew Haggadi
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