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1 Chronicles 12

12 David stayed in the city of Ziklag in order to be safe from Saul the son of Kish. Some Israelite soldiers joined him there. They helped David when he fought battles. Here is a list of those soldiers. 2 They were experts with bows, and they could shoot arrows and sling stones with either their right hands or their left hands. They were kinsmen of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.

3 Their commanders were Ahiezer and Joash. They were sons of Shemaah from the city of Gibeah. Others who came were:

Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth,

Beracah,

Jehu from the city of Anathoth,

4 Ishmaiah from the city of Gibeon, who was one of David’s thirty greatest warriors at that time and who commanded them,

Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad from the city of Gederah,

5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah from the city of Haruph,

6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were all descendants of Korah,

7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, Jeroham’s sons from the city of Gedor.

8 Some men from the tribe of Gad joined David when he was staying in a cave in the desert. They were great soldiers who had experience fighting battles. They were able to use shields and spears skillfully. They were fierce, as lions are, and they could run fast, as deer do on hills.

9 Ezer was their leader.

Next was Obadiah.

Next was Eliab.

10 Next was Mishmannah.

Next was Jeremiah.

11 Next was Attai.

Next was Eliel.

12 Next was Johanan.

Next was Elzabad.

13 Next was a man whose name was also Jeremiah.

Next was Machbannai.

14 Those men from the tribe of Gad were such great soldiers that it seemed that one of the least of them could defeat 100 other men and that the greatest of them could defeat 1,000 other men. 15 They are the ones who crossed the Jordan River to help David even though it was spring, the time when that river overflows its banks. They made the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river leave so that it would be safer for David.

16 Some other men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah also came to David when he was staying for safety in a cave. 17 David came out to meet them and told them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I have not done anything wrong, I hope that the God we Israelites worship will see that and condemn you.”

18 Then God’s Spirit inspired Amasai, who later became the leader of the thirty greatest warriors in that location, and Amasai said,

“We support you, David!

We will help you, son of Jesse!

We have come peacefully. We know that your God is helping you,

and so we wish you well, and we wish well to everyone else who helps you.”

So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. 19 Some men from the tribe of Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistine army to fight against Saul’s army. But David and his men did not help the Philistines. The leaders of Philistia said, “David might try to make Saul happy with him again by killing our own soldiers!” So after they had discussed this, those leaders sent David and his soldiers back home. 20 After David went back to his home in Ziklag, these men from the tribe of Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, another man whose name was Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. They were leaders of the clans of the tribe of Manasseh. 21 Those men from the tribe of Manasseh were all great soldiers, so they were able to help David fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country robbing people. They became commanders in David’s army. 22 Every day more men came to support David. His army became large, like a very great army.

23 These are the numbers of skillful soldiers who joined David at the city of Hebron. They came to help him to become the king of Israel instead of Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.

24 There were 6,800 skillful soldiers from the tribe of Judah. They could use shields and spears effectively.

25 There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were great soldiers who fought well.

26 There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.

27 Their leader Jehoiada was a descendant of Aaron. He brought 3,700 men with him.

28 Zadok, a great young soldier, was also in that group. Twenty-two other officers from his clan came with him.

29 From Saul’s kinsmen in the tribe of Benjamin, 3,000 men came. Most of them had previously supported Saul and his descendants.

30 There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim. They were great soldiers who had become famous in their clans.

31 There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh that lived west of the Jordan River. Their leaders chose them personally to go and help David become the king.

32 There were 200 leaders from the tribe of Issachar who also came. They recognized clearly that now that Saul had died, the Israelites should make David their king. These leaders commanded other men from their tribe.

33 There were 50,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were experienced warriors, and they knew how to fight with different kinds of weapons. They were completely committed to fighting for David.

34 There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali, and 37,000 soldiers came with them, each one carrying a shield and a spear.

35 There were 28,600 men from the tribe of Dan who knew how to fight well.

36 There were 40,000 soldiers from the tribe of Asher who had gone to war and fought in battles.

37 There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan River who joined David. They were from the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had many different kinds of weapons for fighting battles.

38 All those soldiers who could fight well came to Hebron completely committed to making David the king of all of the Israelite people. The rest of the Israelites also agreed that they wanted David to be their king. 39 The men spent three days in Hebron with David. Their fellow Israelites had prepared a feast for them, so they enjoyed food and drink throughout that time. 40 Their fellow Israelites came from as far away as the territories of the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. Because the Israelites were having a celebration, they brought many kinds of things to eat: flour for bread, dried figs, raisins, wine, olive oil, cattle, and sheep.

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1 Chronicles 12

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