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David’s Followers in the Wilderness

12The following are those who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul son of Kish; they were among the mighty warriors who helped him in war.H935H1732H6860H6113H6440H7586H1121H7027H1368H5826H4421 2They were archers, and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kindred.H5401H7198H3231H8041H68H2671H7198H7586H251H1144 3The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of Anathoth,H7218H295H3101H1121H8094H1395H3149H6404H1121H5820H1294H3058H6069 4Ishmaiah of Gibeon, a warrior among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah,H3460H1393H1368H7970H7970H3414H3166H3110H3107H1452 5Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;H498H3406H1183H8114H8203H2741 6Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;H511H3449H5832H3134H3434H7145 7and Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.H3132H2069H1121H3395H1446 8From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains:H1425H914H1732H4679H4057H1368H2428H582H6635H4421H6186H6793H7420H6440H6440H738H4116H6643H2022 9Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,H5829H7218H5662H8145H446H7992 10Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,H4925H7243H3414H2549 11Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,H6262H8345H447H7637 12Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,H3110H8066H443H8671 13Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh.H3414H6224H4344H6249H6240 14These Gadites were officers of the army, the least equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.H1121H1410H7218H6635H259H6996H3967H1419H505 15These 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.H5674H3383H7223H2320H4390H1415H1428H1272H6010H4217H4628 16Some Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David.H935H1121H1144H3063H4679H1732 17David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in friendship, to help me, then my heart will be knit to you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, though my hands have done no wrong, then may the God of our ancestors see and give judgment."H1732H3318H6440H6030H559H935H7965H5826H3824H3162H7411H6862H3808H2555H3709H430H1H7200H3198 18Then the spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David; and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one who helps you! For your God is the one who helps you." Then David received them, and made them officers of his troops.H7307H3847H6022H7218H7970H7991H1732H1121H3448H7965H7965H7965H5826H430H5826H1732H6901H5414H7218H1416 19Some of the Manassites deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, "He will desert to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.")H5307H4519H1732H935H6430H7586H4421H5826H5633H6430H6098H7971H559H5307H113H7586H7218 20As he went to Ziklag these Manassites deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of the thousands in Manasseh.H3212H6860H5307H4519H5734H3107H3043H4317H3107H453H6769H7218H505H4519 21They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all warriors and commanders in the army.H5826H1732H1416H1368H2428H8269H6635 22Indeed from day to day people kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.H6256H3117H3117H935H1732H5826H1419H4264H4264H430

David’s Army at Hebron

23These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the LORD.H4557H7218H2502H6635H935H1732H2275H5437H4438H7586H6310H3068 24The people of Judah bearing shield and spear numbered six thousand eight hundred armed troops.H1121H3063H5375H6793H7420H8337H505H8083H3967H2502H6635 25Of the Simeonites, mighty warriors, seven thousand one hundred.H1121H8095H1368H2428H6635H7651H505H3967 26Of the Levites four thousand six hundred.H1121H3878H702H505H8337H3967 27Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred.H3077H5057H175H7969H505H7651H3967 28Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two commanders from his own ancestral house.H6659H5288H1368H2428H1H1004H6242H8147H8269 29Of the Benjaminites, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had continued to keep their allegiance to the house of Saul.H1121H1144H251H7586H7969H505H4768H8104H4931H1004H7586 30Of the Ephraimites, twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty warriors, notables in their ancestral houses.H1121H669H6242H505H8083H3967H1368H582H2428H8034H1004H1 31Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king.H2677H4294H4519H8083H6240H505H5344H8034H935H1732H4427 32Of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kindred under their command.H1121H3485H998H3045H6256H3045H3478H6213H7218H3967H251H6310 33Of Zebulun, fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.H2074H3318H6635H6186H4421H3627H4421H2572H505H5737H3820H3820 34Of Naphtali, a thousand commanders, with whom there were thirty-seven thousand armed with shield and spear.H5321H505H8269H6793H2595H7970H7651H505 35Of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand six hundred equipped for battle.H1839H6186H4421H6242H8083H505H8337H3967 36Of Asher, forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.H836H3318H6635H6186H4421H705H505 37Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred twenty thousand armed with all the weapons of war.H5676H3383H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519H3627H6635H4421H3967H6242H505 38All these, warriors arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.H582H4421H5737H4634H935H8003H3820H2275H1732H4427H3478H7611H3478H259H3824H1732H4427 39They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their kindred had provided for them.H1732H7969H3117H398H8354H251H3559 40And also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant provisions of meal, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.H7138H3485H2074H5321H935H3899H2543H1581H6505H1241H3978H7058H1690H6778H3196H8081H1241H6629H7230H8057H3478


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