1 Chronicles 11 (résumé): David becomes King of Israel

1 Chronicles now continues telling stories already told in previous books of the Bible as happened in the previous chapter. 

All Israel now acclaimed David as King and anointed him at Hebron. Then David marched to Jerusalem with all the Israelites and conquered the Jebusites that lived there capturing the fortress of Zion which became the City of David. Joab led this conquest and became Israel's army commander. David became more and more powerful because the Lord was with him. David had 3 ultra-elite warriors and 30 semi-elite warriors. Jashobeam killed 300 men with his spear. Then came Eleazar who was another of the ultra-elite triad. The third was Abishai. Then another great warrior was Benaiah who struck down the 2 mightiest warriors of Moab and he killed a lion in a snowy pit. He also killed an Egyptian who was 2.3 metres tall even though he wasn't one of the 3 ultra-elite warriors. The chapter ends with a list of semi-elite warriors.