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Abishai brother of Joab was the captain of the Three. Abishai fought three hundred soldiers with his spear and killed them. He became as famous as the Three

Benaiah killed an Egyptian who was about seven and one-half feet tall and had a spear as large as a weaver's rod. Benaiah had a club, but he grabbed the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

He received more honor than the Thirty, but he did not become a member of the Three. David made him leader of his bodyguards.

Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was the leader of the Reubenites, and his thirty soldiers;

Part of the people of Gad joined David at his stronghold in the desert. They were brave warriors trained for war and skilled with shields and spears. They were as fierce as lions and as fast as gazelles over the hills.

Other people from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at his stronghold.

Then the Spirit entered Amasai, the leader of the Thirty, and he said: "We belong to you, David. We are with you, son of Jesse. Success, success to you. Success to those who help you, because your God helps you." So David welcomed these men and made them leaders of his army.

Some of the men from Manasseh also joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight Saul. But David and his men did not really help the Philistines. After talking about it, the Philistine leaders decided to send David away. They said, "If David goes back to his master Saul, we will be killed."

Every day more men joined David, and his army became large, like the army of God.

Zadok was also in that group. He was a strong young warrior, and with him came twenty-two leaders from his family.

David talked with all the officers of his army, the commanders of a hundred men and the commanders of a thousand men.

David and all the Israelites with him went to Baalah of Judah, which is Kiriath Jearim, to get the Ark of God the Lord . God's throne is between the golden, winged creatures on the Ark, and the Ark is called by his name.

When David's men came to the threshing floor of Kidon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark.

David was angry because the Lord had punished Uzzah in his anger. Now that place is called The Punishment of Uzzah.

The Ark of God stayed with Obed-Edom's family in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom's family and everything he owned.

Then David knew that the Lord really had made him king of Israel and that he had made his kingdom great. The Lord did this because he loved his people Israel.

So David and his men went up to the town of Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines. David said, "Like a flood of water, God has broken through my enemies by using me." So that place was named Baal Perazim.

The Philistines had left their idols there, so David ordered his men to burn them.

David did as God commanded, and he and his men defeated the Philistine army all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

So the Levites appointed Heman and his relatives Asaph and Ethan. Heman was Joel's son. Asaph was Berekiah's son. And Ethan, from the Merari family group, was Kushaiah's son.