1 Chronicles 12
1 Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
And these [are] they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these [were] among the mighty, aiding [him] in war,
2 they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
and [using] the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and [shooters] with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,
3 Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;
the chief [was] Achiezer, and Joas son of Asma the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and Jeul of Anathoth,
4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; [and] Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of Gadarathiim,
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel,
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;
Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites,
7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the [men] of Gedor.
8 Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces [were as] the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.
9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
Aza the chief, Abdia the second, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Jethi the sixth, Eliab the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the ninth,
13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh.
Jeremia the tenth, Melchabanai the eleventh.
14 These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
These [were] chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.
15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
These [are] the [men] that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.
16 Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
And there came [some] of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.
17 And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If you are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if [you are come] to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.
18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, you and your people, peace, peace be to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God has helped you. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.
19 Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
And [some] came to David from Manasse, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.
20 When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
When David was going to Sikelag, there came to him of Manasse, Edna and Jozabath, and Rodiel, and Michael, and Josabaith, and Elimuth, and Semathi: [these] are the captains of thousands of Manasse.
21 They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
And they fought on the side of David against a troop, for they [were] all men of might; and they were commanders in the army, [because] of [their] might.
22 For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
For daily men came to David, [till they amounted] to a great force, as the force of God.
23 Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
And these [are] the names of the commanders of the army, who came to David to Chebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the Lord.
24 From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
The sons of Juda, bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war.
25 From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
Of the sons of Symeon mighty for battle, seven thousand and a hundred.
26 From Levi: 4,600,
Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.
27 including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
And Joadas the chief [of the family] of Aaron, and with him three thousand and seven hundred.
28 and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
And Sadoc, a young [man] mighty in strength, and [there were] twenty-two leaders of his father's house.
29 From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
And of the sons of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: and still the greater part of them kept the guard of the house of Saul.
30 From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men, famous in the houses of their fathers.
31 From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even [those] who were named by name, to make David king.
32 From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
And of the sons of Issachar having wisdom with regard to the times, knowing what Israel should do, two hundred; and all their brethren with them.
33 From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
And of Zabulon they that went out to battle, with all weapons of war, [were] fifty thousand to help David, not weak-handed.
34 From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them [men] with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand.
35 From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
And of the Danites [men] ready for war twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred.
36 From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
And of Aser, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.
37 And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
And from the country beyond Jordan, from Ruben, and the Gadites, and from the half-tribe of Manasse, a hundred and twenty thousand, with all weapons of war.
38 All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
All these [were] men of war, setting [the army] in battle array, with a peaceful mind [towards him], and they came to Chebron to make David king over all Israel: and the rest of Israel [were of] one mind to make David king.
39 They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
And they were there three days eating and drinking, for their brethren [had] made preparations.
40 And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
And their neighbors, as far as Issachar and Zabulon and Nephthali, brought to them upon camels, and asses, and mules, and upon calves, food, meal, cakes of figs, raisins, wine, and oil, calves and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel.
