1 Chronicles 12
1 and these [the] to come (in): come to(wards) David to/for Ziklag still to restrain from face: before Saul son: child Kish and they(masc.) in/on/with mighty man to help [the] battle
These were the men who came to David to Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. They were among the soldiers, his helpers in battle.
2 to handle bow to go right and to go left in/on/with stone and in/on/with arrow in/on/with bow from brother: male-relative Saul from Benjamin
They were armed with bows and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were Benjamites, Saul's fellow tribesmen.
3 [the] head: leader Ahiezer and Joash son: child [the] Shemaah [the] Gibeathite (and Jeziel *Q(K)*) and Pelet son: child Azmaveth and Beracah and Jehu [the] Anathoth
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite. There were Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth. There were also Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite,
4 and Ishmaiah [the] Gibeonite mighty man in/on/with thirty and upon [the] thirty and Jeremiah and Jahaziel and Johanan and Jozabad [the] Gederathite
Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a soldier among the thirty (and in command of the thirty); Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah ([the] Haruphite *Q(K)*)
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam [the] Korahite
the Korahites Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, and
7 and Joelah and Zebadiah son: child Jeroham from [the] Gedor
Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 and from [the] Gad to separate to(wards) David to/for stronghold wilderness [to] mighty man [the] strength human army: war to/for battle to arrange shield and spear and face lion face their and like/as gazelle upon [the] mountain: mount to/for to hasten
Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were fighting men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were as fierce as the faces of lions. They were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.
9 Ezer [the] head: leader Obadiah [the] second Eliab [the] third
There were Ezer the leader, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah [the] fourth Jeremiah [the] fifth
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai [the] sixth Eliel [the] seventh
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan [the] eighth Elzabad [the] ninth
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah [the] tenth Machbannai eleven ten
Jeremiah the tenth, Makbannai the eleventh.
14 these from son: descendant/people Gad head: leader [the] army one to/for hundred [the] small and [the] great: large to/for thousand
These sons of Gad were leaders of the army. The least led a hundred, and the greatest led a thousand.
15 these they(masc.) which to pass [obj] [the] Jordan in/on/with month [the] first and he/she/it to fill upon all (bank his *Q(K)*) and to flee [obj] all [the] valley to/for east and to/for west
They crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it overflowed its banks, and chased away all those living in the valleys, both toward the east and toward the west.
16 and to come (in): come from son: descendant/people Benjamin and Judah till to/for stronghold to/for David
Some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
17 and to come out: come David to/for face: before their and to answer and to say to/for them if to/for peace: friendship to come (in): come to(wards) me to/for to help me to be to/for me upon you heart to/for unitedness and if to/for to deceive me to/for enemy my in/on/with not violence in/on/with palm my to see: see God father our and to rebuke
David went out to meet them and addressed them: “If you have come in peace to me to help me, you may join me. But if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, may the God of our ancestors see and rebuke you, since I have done no wrong.”
18 and spirit to clothe [obj] Amasai head: leader ([the] officer *Q(K)*) to/for you David and with you son: child Jesse peace peace to/for you and peace to/for to help you for to help you God your and to receive them David and to give: put them in/on/with head: leader [the] band
Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty. Amasai said, “We are yours, David. We are on your side, son of Jesse. Peace, may peace be to whoever helps you. May peace be to your helpers, for your God is helping you.” Then David received them and made them commanders over his men.
19 and from Manasseh to fall: deserting upon David in/on/with to come (in): come he with Philistine upon Saul to/for battle and not to help them for in/on/with counsel to send: depart him lord Philistine to/for to say in/on/with head our to fall: deserting to(wards) lord his Saul
Some from Manasseh also deserted to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. Yet they did not help the Philistines, because the Philistine lords consulted with each other and sent David away. They said, “He will desert to his master Saul at the risk of our lives.”
20 in/on/with to go: went he to(wards) Ziklag to fall: deserting upon him from Manasseh Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai head: leader [the] thousand which to/for Manasseh
When he went to Ziklag, the men of Manasseh who joined him were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains over thousands of Manasseh.
21 and they(masc.) to help with David upon [the] band for mighty man strength all their and to be ruler in/on/with army
They helped David fight against the roving bands, for they were fighting men. Later they became commanders in the army.
22 for to/for time day: daily in/on/with day: daily to come (in): come upon David to/for to help him till to/for camp great: large like/as camp God
Day after day, men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God.
23 and these number head: group [the] to arm to/for army to come (in): come upon David Hebron [to] to/for to turn: turn royalty Saul to(wards) him like/as lip: word LORD
This is the record of the armed soldiers for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, which carried out Yahweh's word.
24 son: descendant/people Judah to lift: bear shield and spear six thousand and eight hundred to arm army
From Judah those who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war.
25 from son: descendant/people Simeon mighty man strength to/for army: war seven thousand and hundred
From the Simeonites there were 7,100 fighting men.
26 from son: descendant/people [the] Levi four thousand and six hundred
From the Levites there were 4,600 fighting men.
27 and Jehoiada [the] leader to/for Aaron and with him three thousand and seven hundred
Jehoiada was the leader of Aaron's descendants, and with him were 3,700.
28 and Zadok youth mighty man strength and house: household father his ruler twenty and two
With Zadok, a young, strong, and courageous man, were twenty-two leaders from his father's family.
29 and from son: descendant/people Benjamin brother: male-relative Saul three thousand and till here/thus greatness their to keep: obey charge house: household Saul
From Benjamin, Saul's tribe, were three thousand. Most of them had remained loyal to Saul until this time.
30 and from son: descendant/people Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty man strength human name to/for house: household father their
From the Ephraimites there were 20,800 fighting men, men who were famous in their fathers' houses.
31 and from half tribe Manasseh eight ten thousand which to pierce in/on/with name to/for to come (in): come to/for to reign [obj] David
From the half tribe of Manasseh there were eighteen thousand famous men who came to make David king.
32 and from son: descendant/people Issachar to know understanding to/for time to/for to know what? to make: do Israel head: leader their hundred and all brother: male-relative their upon lip: word their
From Issachar, there were two hundred leaders who had understanding of the times and knew what Israel ought to do. All their relatives were under their command.
33 from Zebulun to come out: regular army: war to arrange battle in/on/with all article/utensil battle fifty thousand and to/for to help in/on/with not heart and heart
From Zebulun there were fifty thousand fighting men, prepared for battle, with all the weapons of war, and ready to give undivided loyalty.
34 and from Naphtali ruler thousand and with them in/on/with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand
From Naphtali there were one thousand officers, and with them thirty-seven thousand men with shields and spears.
35 and from [the] Danite to arrange battle twenty and eight thousand and six hundred
From the Danites there were 28,600 men prepared for battle.
36 and from Asher to come out: regular army: war to/for to arrange battle forty thousand
From Asher there were forty thousand men prepared for battle.
37 and from side: beyond to/for Jordan from [the] Reubenite and [the] Gad and half tribe: staff Manasseh in/on/with all article/utensil army: war battle hundred and twenty thousand
From the other side of the Jordan, from the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons for battle.
38 all these human battle to help rank in/on/with heart complete to come (in): come Hebron [to] to/for to reign [obj] David upon all Israel and also all remnant Israel heart one to/for to reign [obj] David
All these soldiers, equipped for battle, came to Hebron with firm intentions to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel were in agreement to make David king also.
39 and to be there with David day three to eat and to drink for to establish: prepare to/for them brother: male-sibling their
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their relatives had sent them with provisions.
40 and also [the] near to(wards) them till Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali to come (in): come food in/on/with donkey and in/on/with camel and in/on/with mule and in/on/with cattle food flour fig cake and cluster and wine and oil and cattle and flock to/for abundance for joy in/on/with Israel
In addition, those who were near to them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen, and cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, for Israel was celebrating.
