1 Chronicles

12 Now these are they who came unto David to Ziklag, he yet being shut up because of Saul son of Kish,—and they were among the heroes helpers in the war;

2 armed with the bow, using right hand or left with stones, and with arrows in the bow,—of the brethren of Saul, out of Benjamin:

3 The chief Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth,—and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite;

4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a hero among the thirty, and over the thirty,—and Jeremiah and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;

5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;

6 Elkanah and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, of Gedor.

8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold towards the desert, heroes of valour, men of war for battle, men that could handle shield and spear,—and faces of lions were their faces, and like gazelles upon the mountains were they for swiftness:

9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second,—Eliab the third;

10 Mashmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth;

11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh;

12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth;

13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

14 These were of the sons of Gad, chiefs of the host,—one to a hundred the least, and the greatest to a thousand.

15 These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it was full over all its banks,—and they put to flight all them of the vales, to the east and to the west.

16 And there came of the sons of Benjamin and Judah, as far as the stronghold unto David.

17 And David went forth to meet them, and responded and said to them, If peaceably ye are come unto me to help me, I shall have towards you a heart for unity,—but if to betray me to mine adversaries, there being no violence in my hands, may the God of our fathers see and rebuke!

18 Then the spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, Thine, O David, Yea with thee, O son of Jesse! Prosperity, prosperity to thee, And prosperity to thy helpers, For thy God hath helped thee: So David accepted them, and set them among the chiefs of the band.

19 And of Manasseh there fell away unto David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not,—for the lords of the Philistines advisedly sent him away, saying, At the price of our heads, he might fall away to his master Saul.

20 When he went into Ziklag, there fell away unto him of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad, and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad, and Elihu and Zillethai,—chiefs of the thousands that pertained to Manasseh;

21 and they helped with David against the [marauding] band, for heroes of valour were they all,—and they became captains in the host;

22 for from day to day there came unto David to help him,—until it was a great camp, like a camp of God.

23 And these are the numbers of the chiefs armed for war, they came unto David to Hebron,—to turn round the kingdom of Saul unto him according to the bidding of Yahweh:

24 Sons of Judah, bearers of shield and spear, six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

25 Of sons of Simeon, heroes of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

26 Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.

27 And Jehoiada was chief ruler for Aaron,—and with him three thousand and seven hundred;

28 and Zadok, a young man, a hero of valour,—and the house of his father captains twenty and two.

29 And of the sons of Benjamin, brethren of Saul, three thousand,—and hitherto the greater part of them had been keeping the charge of the house of Saul.

30 And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred,—heroes of valour, men of renown to their ancestral house.

31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were distinguished by name, coming in to make David king.

32 And of the sons of Issachar, such as were of good understanding of the times, to know what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred, and all their brethren were at their bidding.

33 Of Zebulun—such as were ready to go forth in host, expert for battle with all weapons of war, fifty thousand,—and for setting in array, not of two minds!

34 And of Naphtali, a thousand captains,—and with them with shield and spear, thirty-seven thousand.

35 And of the Danites, expert for war, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred.

36 And of Asher, such as were ready to go forth in host to set in array for battle, forty thousand.

37 And from over the Jordan, of the Reubenites and Gadites and half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

38 All these being men of war, expert in setting in battle-array, with a perfect heart came to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel,—moreover also all the rest of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

39 So they were there with David three days, eating and drinking,—for their brethren had made preparation for them.

40 Moreover also they who were near of kin unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, meal-food, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep—in abundance,—for there was joy in Israel.