Moff 1 CHR Chapter 12

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12 Here are the men who joined David at Ziklag, when, owing to Saul the son of Kish, he had no freedom of movement; they were among the strong men who helped him in the fray, 2 they plied the bow, they could sling stones and shoot arrows with their right hand or their left, and they belonged to Saul's own clan of Benjamin. 3 First came Ahiezer, then Joash son of Shemaiah from Gibeah, Jeziel and Pelet (sons of Azmaveth), Berachah, Jehu from Anathoth, 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite (a mighty member of the Thirty, whom he commanded), Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad from Gedor, 5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 with Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashoboam, who were Korahites, 7 Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

8 At the stronghold in the desert David was also joined by a number of Gadite warriors of prowess, soldiers trained for war,who could manage shield and spear, fierce-looking as lions and nimble as roes on the hill; 9 there were Ezer, at their head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. 14 These were the Gadite captains, the weakest a match for any hundred men, the strongest a match for a thousand. 15 It was these men who in the first month of the year forded the Jordan when it had overflowed all its banks, and routed the folk of the valleys east and west.

16 Some also came from Benjamin and Judah to join David at the stronghold; 17 David went out to meet them, and told them, If you come to me in peace to help me, then I am ready to join you; but if yOu come to betray me to my foes, though I have done no wrong, then may the God of our fathers take note of it and punish it! 18 Amasa, who was commander-in-chief, was inspired to reply,

We are your men, David,

on your side, O son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

and to your helpers peace--

for your God helps you!

Then David admitted them and made them captains of his band. 19 Some also deserted to David from Manasseh; it was when he accompanied the Philistines to fight against Saul, but gave them no help, as the Philistine authorities after deliberating on the matter sent him away, believing that he would desert to Saul and cost them their lives. 20 David then returned to Ziklag, where some Manassite commanders deserted to him,

Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elibu, and Zillethai; 21 they helped David against the raiders, for they were all warriors of prowess and took command of his host-- 22 a host that grew daily by its recruits, till it became a large host, a very host of God.

23 Here are the numbers of the armed divisions that joined David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, as the Eternal had declared. 24 The Judahite warriors armed with shields and spears, were six thousand eight hundred; 25 there were seven thousand one hundred Simeonites, warriors of prowess, 26 four thousand six hundred Levites, 27 and three thousand seven hundred Aaronites, led by Jehoiada, 28 along with Zadok a young warrior of prowess, who had twenty-two captains of his father's family. 29 There were three thousand from Benjamin, Saul's own clan, for till now the larger number of them had kept loyal to the house of Saul. 30 There were twenty thousand eight hundred warriors of prowess from Ephraim, famous fighters in their families, 31 and eighteen thousand (whose names were kept) from the halfclan of Manasseh, who came to make David king. 32 There were two hundred leaders from Issachar, men who knew the needs of the time and what exactly Israel ought to do; they had all their clansmen at their command. 33 There were fifty thousand men from Zebulun, fit for active service, taking the field with every weapon of war, a large company with a single purpose. 34 From Naphtali came a thousand captains, with thirty-seven thousand men bearing shields and spears. 35 There were twenty-eight thousand six hundred Danites, ready to take the field, 36 and forty thousand from Asher, ready to take the field, fit for active service. 37 From east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-clan of Manasseh, came a hundred and twenty thousand men, taking the field with every weapon of war.

38 All these trained soldiers, ready to take the field, came with one purpose to Hebron, to make David king over Israel; and the rest of Israel were all of the same mind, to make David king. 39 They spent three days there with David, eating and drinking what their fellows had provided; 40 and the neighbours, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, also brought food on asses, camels, mules, and oxen, flour-cakes, fig-cakes, bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and plenty of sheep; for joy reigned in Israel.

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Moff 1 CHR Chapter 12

Moff 1 CHR Chapter 12