12These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle;H935H1732H6860H6113H6440H7586H1121H7027H1368H5826H44212they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were kinsmen of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin):H5401H7198H3231H8041H68H2671H7198H7586H251H11443Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite,H7218H295H3101H1121H8094H1395H3149H6404H1121H5820H1294H3058H60694and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,H3460H1393H1368H7970H7970H3414H3166H3110H3107H14525Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and 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 brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.H1425H914H1732H4679H4057H1368H2428H582H6635H4421H6186H6793H7420H6440H6440H738H4116H6643H20229Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,H5829H7218H5662H8145H446H799210Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,H4925H7243H3414H254911Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,H6262H8345H447H763712Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,H3110H8066H443H867113Jeremiah the tenth and Macbannai the eleventh.H3414H6224H4344H6249H624014These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.H1121H1410H7218H6635H259H6996H3967H1419H50515It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.H5674H3383H7223H2320H4390H1415H1428H1272H6010H4217H462816Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.H935H1121H1144H3063H4679H173217David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace, to help me, I am ready to have you unite with me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you."H1732H3318H6440H6030H559H935H7965H5826H3824H3162H7411H6862H3808H2555H3709H430H1H7200H319818Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: "We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you." So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.H7307H3847H6022H7218H7970H7991H1732H1121H3448H7965H7965H7965H5826H430H5826H1732H6901H5414H7218H141619Some of the men of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, "It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.")H5307H4519H1732H935H6430H7586H4421H5826H5633H6430H6098H7971H559H5307H113H7586H721820When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh.H3212H6860H5307H4519H5734H3107H3043H4317H3107H453H6769H7218H505H451921They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army.H5826H1732H1416H1368H2428H8269H663522Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.H6256H3117H3117H935H1732H5826H1419H4264H4264H43023These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingdom over to him, as the LORD had said:H4557H7218H2502H6635H935H1732H2275H5437H4438H7586H6310H306824men of Judah, carrying shield and spear—6,800 armed for battle;H1121H3063H5375H6793H7420H8337H505H8083H3967H2502H663525men of Simeon, warriors ready for battle—7,100;H1121H8095H1368H2428H6635H7651H505H396726men of Levi—4,600,H1121H3878H702H505H8337H396727including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,H3077H5057H175H7969H505H7651H396728and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;H6659H5288H1368H2428H1H1004H6242H8147H826929men of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen—3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until then;H1121H1144H251H7586H7969H505H4768H8104H4931H1004H758630men of Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans—20,800;H1121H669H6242H505H8083H3967H1368H582H2428H8034H1004H131men of half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king—18,000;H2677H4294H4519H8083H6240H505H5344H8034H935H1732H442732men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;H1121H3485H998H3045H6256H3045H3478H6213H7218H3967H251H631033men of Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty—50,000;H2074H3318H6635H6186H4421H3627H4421H2572H505H5737H3820H382034men of Naphtali—1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;H5321H505H8269H6793H2595H7970H7651H50535men of Dan, ready for battle—28,600;H1839H6186H4421H6242H8083H505H8337H396736men of Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle—40,000;H836H3318H6635H6186H4421H705H50537and from east of the Jordan, men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon—120,000.H5676H3383H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519H3627H6635H4421H3967H6242H50538All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king.H582H4421H5737H4634H935H8003H3820H2275H1732H4427H3478H7611H3478H259H3824H1732H442739The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.H1732H7969H3117H398H8354H251H355940Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.H7138H3485H2074H5321H935H3899H2543H1581H6505H1241H3978H7058H1690H6778H3196H8081H1241H6629H7230H8057H3478
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