You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.

户筛又说：“你知道，你父亲和跟随他的人都是勇士，现在他们心里恼怒，如同田野丢崽子的母熊一般，而且你父亲是个战士，必不和民一同住宿。

户筛又说：“你知道，你父亲和他的人都是勇士，他们心里恼怒，如同田野中失去小熊的母熊一样；而且你父亲是个战士，必不和百姓一同住宿。

户筛又说：“你知道，你父亲和他的人都是勇士，他们心里恼怒，如同田野中失去小熊的母熊一样；而且你父亲是个战士，必不和百姓一同住宿。

你知道你父亲和他的部下，他们都是勇士，现在他们就像丢了熊崽的母熊一样凶猛。况且你父亲是个身经百战的人，他一定不会跟部下睡在一处。

户筛又说：“你知道你父亲和那些跟随他的人都是勇士；他们心里正在恼怒，好像野地里丧子的母熊一样；并且你父亲是个战士，必不会与众人在一起住宿。

戶篩又說：「你知道，你父親和跟隨他的人都是勇士，現在他們心裏惱怒，如同田野丟崽子的母熊一般，而且你父親是個戰士，必不和民一同住宿。

戶篩又說：「你知道，你父親和他的人都是勇士，他們心裏惱怒，如同田野中失去小熊的母熊一樣；而且你父親是個戰士，必不和百姓一同住宿。

戶篩又說：「你知道，你父親和他的人都是勇士，他們心裏惱怒，如同田野中失去小熊的母熊一樣；而且你父親是個戰士，必不和百姓一同住宿。

你知道你父親和他的部下，他們都是勇士，現在他們就像丟了熊崽的母熊一樣兇猛。況且你父親是個身經百戰的人，他一定不會跟部下睡在一處。

戶篩又說：“你知道你父親和那些跟隨他的人都是勇士；他們心裡正在惱怒，好像野地裡喪子的母熊一樣；並且你父親是個戰士，必不會與眾人在一起住宿。

戶篩說：『你知道你父親和跟隨他的人都是勇士；現在他們心裏有苦恨，如同野地裏丟崽子的母熊一樣；並且你父親是個戰士，必不和眾民一同過夜。

戶篩說：「你知道，你父親和他的部下都是勇士，他們現在心裡狂怒如野外被奪去幼崽的母熊；況且你父親是個有經驗的戰士，不會與軍兵在一起過夜。

又曰、爾父與其侍從、乃為英武、爾所知也、今其衷懷暴怒、如熊在野、而亡其子、爾父又嫻戰事、必不宿於民中、

又曰、爾父與其侍從、素稱英武、爾所知也、今其衷懷暴怒、如熊在野而亡其子、爾父又善戰鬥、不宿於民中、

戶篩又曰、爾知爾父及其從者皆勇士、今其心懷暴怒、如喪子之牝熊在野、況爾父深諳戰事、必不與民宿、必不與民安宿或作必不宿於民中

You know your father and his men. They are fighters. They are as strong as a wild bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Besides, your father really knows how to fight. He won’t spend the night with his troops.

Hushai said,“ You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won’t be spending the night among the troops.

Hushai continued,“ You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.

Then Hushai said,“ You yourself know your father and his men, that they are warriors and they are fierce, like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. And your father is an expert in warfare, and he will not spend the night with the people.

For,” said Hushai,“ you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people.

Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Hushai continued,“ You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they[ be] mighty men, and they[ be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father[ is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Hushai went on to say,“ You know your father and his men– they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

Hushai said moreover,“ You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.

One of the servants answered,“ I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.”

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

“ And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told,‘ Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

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.The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth,Sibbekai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,Hurai from the ravines of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,Hanan son of Maakah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,Jediael son of Shimri, his brother Joha the Tizite,Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot— twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him.These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.”

These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim for battle. Then the Israelites retreated,

So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, 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.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.Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.

All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.

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 it out before the Lord.

He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

The Danites answered,“ Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”

But David said to Saul,“ Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah 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.