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1Chronicles 12
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David’s Early Followers from the Tribe of Benjamin

12David was living in Ziklag, where he had gone to escape from King Saul. There he was joined by many experienced, reliable soldiers,H935H1732H6860H6113H6440H7586H1121H7027H1368H5826H4421
2members of the tribe of Benjamin, to which Saul belonged. They could shoot arrows and sling stones either right-handed or left-handed.H5401H7198H3231H8041H68H2671H7198H7586H251H1144
3They were under the command of Ahiezer and Joash, sons of Shemaah, from Gibeah.H7218H295H3101H1121H8094H1395H3149H6404H1121H5820H1294H3058H6069
4These were the soldiers: Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth Beracah and Jehu from Anathoth, Ishmaiah from Gibeon, a famous soldier and one of the leaders of "The Thirty" Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johannan, and Jozabad, from Gederah,H3460H1393H1368H7970H7970H3414H3166H3110H3107H1452
5Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah, from Hariph,H498H3406H1183H8114H8203H2741
6Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, of the clan of Korah,H511H3449H5832H3134H3434H7145
7Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, from Gedor.H3132H2069H1121H3395H1446

David’s Followers from the Tribe of Gad

8These are the names of the famous, experienced soldiers from the tribe of Gad who joined David's troops when he was at the desert fort. They were experts with shields and spears, as fierce looking as lions and as quick as mountain deer.H1425H914H1732H4679H4057H1368H2428H582H6635H4421H6186H6793H7420H6440H6440H738H4116H6643H2022
9They were ranked in the following order: Ezer, Obadiah, Eliab,H5829H7218H5662H8145H446H7992
10Mishmannah, Jeremiah,H4925H7243H3414H2549
11Attai, Eliel,H6262H8345H447H7637
12Johanan, Elzabad,H3110H8066H443H8671
13Jeremiah, and Machbannai.H3414H6224H4344H6249H6240
14Some of these men from the tribe of Gad were senior officers in command of a thousand men, and others were junior officers in command of a hundred.H1121H1410H7218H6635H259H6996H3967H1419H505
15In the first month of one year, the time when the Jordan River overflowed its banks, they crossed the river, scattering the people who lived in the valleys both east and west of the river.H5674H3383H7223H2320H4390H1415H1428H1272H6010H4217H4628

Followers from Benjamin and Judah

16Once a group of men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah went out to the fort where David was.H935H1121H1144H3063H4679H1732
17David went to meet them and said, "If you are coming as friends to help me, you are welcome here. Join us! But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you."H1732H3318H6440H6030H559H935H7965H5826H3824H3162H7411H6862H3808H2555H3709H430H1H7200H3198
18God's spirit took control of one of them, Amasai, who later became the commander of "The Thirty," and he called out, "David son of Jesse, we are yours! Success to you and those who help you! God is on your side." David welcomed them and made them officers in his army.H7307H3847H6022H7218H7970H7991H1732H1121H3448H7965H7965H7965H5826H430H5826H1732H6901H5414H7218H1416

Followers from Manasseh

19Some soldiers from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David's side when he was marching out with the Philistines to fight King Saul. Actually he did not help the Philistines, for their kings were afraid that he would betray them to his former master Saul, so they sent him back to Ziklag.H5307H4519H1732H935H6430H7586H4421H5826H5633H6430H6098H7971H559H5307H113H7586H7218
20These are the soldiers from Manasseh who went over to David's side when he was returning: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. In Manasseh they had all commanded units of a thousand men.H3212H6860H5307H4519H5734H3107H3043H4317H3107H453H6769H7218H505H4519
21They served David as officers over his troops, because they were all outstanding soldiers. Later they were officers in the Israelite army.H5826H1732H1416H1368H2428H8269H6635
22Almost every day new men joined David's forces, so that his army was soon enormous.H6256H3117H3117H935H1732H5826H1419H4264H4264H430

List of David’s Forces

23When David was at Hebron, many trained soldiers joined his army to help make him king in place of Saul, as the LORD had promised. Their numbers were as follows:H4557H7218H2502H6635H935H1732H2275H5437H4438H7586H6310H3068
24Judah: 6,800 well-equipped men, armed with shields and spears;H1121H3063H5375H6793H7420H8337H505H8083H3967H2502H6635
25Simeon: 7,100 well-trained men;H1121H8095H1368H2428H6635H7651H505H3967
26Levi: 4,600 men;H1121H3878H702H505H8337H3967
27Followers of Jehoiada, descendant of Aaron: 3,700 men;H3077H5057H175H7969H505H7651H3967
28Relatives of Zadok, an able young fighter: 22 leading men;H6659H5288H1368H2428H1H1004H6242H8147H8269
29Benjamin (Saul's own tribe): 3,000 men (most of the people of Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul);H1121H1144H251H7586H7969H505H4768H8104H4931H1004H7586
30Ephraim: 20,800 men famous in their own clans;H1121H669H6242H505H8083H3967H1368H582H2428H8034H1004H1
31West Manasseh: 18,000 men chosen to go and make David king;H2677H4294H4519H8083H6240H505H5344H8034H935H1732H4427
32Issachar: 200 leaders, together with the men under their command (these leaders knew what Israel should do and the best time to do it);H1121H3485H998H3045H6256H3045H3478H6213H7218H3967H251H6310
33Zebulun: 50,000 loyal and reliable men ready to fight, trained to use all kinds of weapons;H2074H3318H6635H6186H4421H3627H4421H2572H505H5737H3820H3820
34Naphtali: 1,000 leaders, together with 37,000 men armed with shields and spears;H5321H505H8269H6793H2595H7970H7651H505
35Dan: 28,600 trained men;H1839H6186H4421H6242H8083H505H8337H3967
36Asher: 40,000 men ready for battle;H836H3318H6635H6186H4421H705H505
37Tribes east of the Jordan - Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh: 120,000 men trained to use all kinds of weapons.H5676H3383H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519H3627H6635H4421H3967H6242H505
38All these soldiers, ready for battle, went to Hebron, determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the people of Israel were united in the same purpose.H582H4421H5737H4634H935H8003H3820H2275H1732H4427H3478H7611H3478H259H3824H1732H4427
39They spent three days there with David, feasting on the food and drink which their relatives had prepared for them.H1732H7969H3117H398H8354H251H3559
40From as far away as the northern tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, people came bringing donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen loaded with food - flour, figs, raisins, wine, and olive oil. They also brought cattle and sheep to kill and eat. All this was an expression of the joy that was felt throughout the whole country.H7138H3485H2074H5321H935H3899H2543H1581H6505H1241H3978H7058H1690H6778H3196H8081H1241H6629H7230H8057H3478


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