1 Chronicles 12
1 David went to Ziklag [town] to escape from [King] Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles.
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
2 They carried bows [and arrows]. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
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
3 Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah [city]. [These are the names of some of those warriors: ] Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth [town];
[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
4 Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
and Ishmaiah [the] Gibeonite mighty man in/on/with thirty and upon [the] thirty and Jeremiah and Jahaziel and Johanan and Jozabad [the] Gederathite
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah ([the] Haruphite *Q(K)*)
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam [the] Korahite
7 Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
and Joelah and Zebadiah son: child Jeroham from [the] Gedor
8 Some men from the tribe of Gad [east of the Jordan River] joined David when he was at his fortress in [the caves in] the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They [SYN] were as fierce as [SIM, MTY] lions, and they could run as fast as [HYP, SIM] deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains.
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
9 Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
Ezer [the] head: leader Obadiah [the] second Eliab [the] third
10 Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
Mishmannah [the] fourth Jeremiah [the] fifth
11 Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
Attai [the] sixth Eliel [the] seventh
12 Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
Johanan [the] eighth Elzabad [the] ninth
13 Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
Jeremiah [the] tenth Machbannai eleven ten
14 Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
these from son: descendant/people Gad head: leader [the] army one to/for hundred [the] small and [the] great: large to/for thousand
15 They crossed [to the west side of] the Jordan [River] during March, [at the time of the year] when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.
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
16 Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
and to come (in): come from son: descendant/people Benjamin and Judah till to/for stronghold to/for David
17 David went out [of the cave] to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I [SYN] have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/belonged to) will see it and condemn/punish you.”
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
18 Then [God’s] Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty [greatest warriors], and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well [DOU] for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.”
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
19 So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s [army]. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked [about David and his soldiers], they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!”
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
20 When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, [another man whose name was] Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men [in Saul’s army].
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
21 They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army.
and they(masc.) to help with David upon [the] band for mighty man strength all their and to be ruler in/on/with army
22 Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like [SIM] the army of God (OR, a very huge army).
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
23 These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron [city]. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.
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
24 There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
son: descendant/people Judah to lift: bear shield and spear six thousand and eight hundred to arm army
25 There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
from son: descendant/people Simeon mighty man strength to/for army: war seven thousand and hundred
26 There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
from son: descendant/people [the] Levi four thousand and six hundred
27 Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him.
and Jehoiada [the] leader to/for Aaron and with him three thousand and seven hundred
28 Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
and Zadok youth mighty man strength and house: household father his ruler twenty and two
29 There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king.
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
30 There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans.
and from son: descendant/people Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty man strength human name to/for house: household father their
31 There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived west of the Jordan River]. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
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
32 There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
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
33 There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David.
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
34 There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
and from Naphtali ruler thousand and with them in/on/with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand
35 There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
and from [the] Danite to arrange battle twenty and eight thousand and six hundred
36 There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
and from Asher to come out: regular army: war to/for to arrange battle forty thousand
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, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons.
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
38 All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
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
39 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
and to be there with David day three to eat and to drink for to establish: prepare to/for them brother: male-sibling their
40 Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, [olive] oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful.
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
