1Chronicles 12
12The following were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banned from the presence of Saul son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped him in battle.H935H1732H6860H6113H6440H7586H1121H7027H1368H5826H44212They were archers who, using either their right or left hand, could [throw] stones [with a sling] or [shoot] arrows with a bow. They were Saul's relatives from Benjamin:H5401H7198H3231H8041H68H2671H7198H7586H251H11443Their chief was Ahiezer son of Shemaah the Gibeathite. Then there was his brother Joash; Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite;H7218H295H3101H1121H8094H1395H3149H6404H1121H5820H1294H3058H60694Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior among the Thirty and [a leader] over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite;H3460H1393H1368H7970H7970H3414H3166H3110H3107H14525Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;H498H3406H1183H8114H8203H27416Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;H511H3449H5832H3134H3434H71457and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.H3132H2069H1121H3395H14468Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.H1425H914H1732H4679H4057H1368H2428H582H6635H4421H6186H6793H7420H6440H6440H738H4116H6643H20229Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,H5829H7218H5662H8145H446H799210Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,H4925H7243H3414H254911Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,H6262H8345H447H763712Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,H3110H8066H443H867113Jeremiah tenth, and Machbannai eleventh.H3414H6224H4344H6249H624014These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.H1121H1410H7218H6635H259H6996H3967H1419H50515These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all [those in] the valleys to the east and to the west.H5674H3383H7223H2320H4390H1415H1428H1272H6010H4217H462816Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.H935H1121H1144H3063H4679H173217David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge."H1732H3318H6440H6030H559H935H7965H5826H3824H3162H7411H6862H3808H2555H3709H430H1H7200H319818Then the Spirit took control of Amasai, chief of the Thirty, [and he said]: [We are] yours, David, [we are] with you, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to him who helps you, for your God helps you. So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.H7307H3847H6022H7218H7970H7991H1732H1121H3448H7965H7965H7965H5826H430H5826H1732H6901H5414H7218H141619Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers, following consultation, sent David away. They said, "It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul."H5307H4519H1732H935H6430H7586H4421H5826H5633H6430H6098H7971H559H5307H113H7586H721820When David went to Ziklag, some men from Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.H3212H6860H5307H4519H5734H3107H3043H4317H3107H453H6769H7218H505H451921They helped David against the marauders, for they were all brave warriors and commanders in the army.H5826H1732H1416H1368H2428H8269H663522At that time, men came day after day to help David until there was a great army, like an army of God.H6256H3117H3117H935H1732H5826H1419H4264H4264H43023The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingdom over to him, according to the LORD's word, were as follows:H4557H7218H2502H6635H935H1732H2275H5437H4438H7586H6310H306824From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.H1121H3063H5375H6793H7420H8337H505H8083H3967H2502H663525From the Simeonites: 7,100 brave warriors ready for war.H1121H8095H1368H2428H6635H7651H505H396726From the Levites: 4,600H1121H3878H702H505H8337H396727in addition to Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men;H3077H5057H175H7969H505H7651H396728and Zadok, a young brave warrior, with 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.H6659H5288H1368H2428H1H1004H6242H8147H826929From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).H1121H1144H251H7586H7969H505H4768H8104H4931H1004H758630From the Ephraimites: 20,800 brave warriors who were famous men in their ancestral houses.H1121H669H6242H505H8083H3967H1368H582H2428H8034H1004H131From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.H2677H4294H4519H8083H6240H505H5344H8034H935H1732H442732From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.H1121H3485H998H3045H6256H3045H3478H6213H7218H3967H251H631033From Zebulun: 50,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, with singleness of purpose to help David.H2074H3318H6635H6186H4421H3627H4421H2572H505H5737H3820H382034From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.H5321H505H8269H6793H2595H7970H7651H50535From the Danites: 28,600 trained for battle.H1839H6186H4421H6242H8083H505H8337H396736From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.H836H3318H6635H6186H4421H705H50537From across the Jordan— from the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men equipped with all the military weapons of war.H5676H3383H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519H3627H6635H4421H3967H6242H50538All these warriors, lined up in battle formation, came to Hebron with wholehearted determination to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel was also of one mind to make David king.H582H4421H5737H4634H935H8003H3820H2275H1732H4427H3478H7611H3478H259H3824H1732H442739They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their relatives had provided for them.H1732H7969H3117H398H8354H251H355940In addition, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen— abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, oxen, and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.H7138H3485H2074H5321H935H3899H2543H1581H6505H1241H3978H7058H1690H6778H3196H8081H1241H6629H7230H8057H3478
Columbus, OH
