7. David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David.
8. He built up the city around it, from the terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
9. And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord Almighty was with him.
10. These were the chiefs of David’s mighty warriors—they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the Lord had promised—
11. this is the list of David’s mighty warriors: Jashobeam, a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers ; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.
12. Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors.
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.
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.
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.
16. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
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!”
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 to the Lord.