12:1 Now
these
are
the
men
who
came
to
David
at
Ziklag,
while
he
could
not
move
about
freely
because
of
Saul
the
son
of
Kish.
And
they
were
among
the
mighty
men
who
helped
him
in
war.
12:2 They
were
bowmen
and
could
shoot
arrows
and
sling
stones
with
either
the
right
or
the
left
hand;
they
were
Benjaminites,
Saul's
kinsmen.
12:3 The
chief
was
Ahiezer,
then
Joash,
both
sons
of
Shemaah
of
Gibeah;
also
Jeziel
and
Pelet,
the
sons
of
Azmaveth;
Beracah,
Jehu
of
Anathoth,
12:4 Ishmaiah
of
Gibeon,
a
mighty
man
among
the
thirty
and
a
leader
over
the
thirty;
Jeremiah,
Jahaziel,
Johanan,
Jozabad
of
Gederah,
12:5 Eluzai,
Jerimoth,
Bealiah,
Shemariah,
Shephatiah
the
Haruphite;
12:6 Elkanah,
Isshiah,
Azarel,
Joezer,
and
Jashobeam,
the
Korahites;
12:7 And
Joelah
and
Zebadiah,
the
sons
of
Jeroham
of
Gedor.
12:8 From
the
Gadites
there
went
over
to
David
at
the
stronghold
in
the
wilderness
mighty
and
experienced
warriors,
expert
with
shield
and
spear,
whose
faces
were
like
the
faces
of
lions
and
who
were
swift
as
gazelles
upon
the
mountains:
12:9 Ezer
the
chief,
Obadiah
second,
Eliab
third,
12:10 Mishmannah
fourth,
Jeremiah
fifth,
12:11 Attai
sixth,
Eliel
seventh,
12:12 Johanan
eighth,
Elzabad
ninth,
12:13 Jeremiah
tenth,
Machbannai
eleventh.
12:14 These
Gadites
were
officers
of
the
army;
the
least
was
a
match
for
a
hundred
men
and
the
greatest
for
a
thousand.
12:15 These
are
the
men
who
crossed
the
Jordan
in
the
first
month,
when
it
was
overflowing
all
its
banks,
and
put
to
flight
all
those
in
the
valleys,
to
the
east
and
to
the
west.
12:16 And
some
of
the
men
of
Benjamin
and
Judah
came
to
the
stronghold
to
David.
12:17 David
went
out
to
meet
them
and
said
to
them,
"If
you
have
come
to
me
in
friendship
to
help
me,
my
heart
will
be
joined
to
you;
but
if
to
betray
me
to
my
adversaries,
although
there
is
no
wrong
in
my
hands,
then
may
the
God
of
our
fathers
see
and
rebuke
you."
12:18 Then
the
Spirit
clothed
Amasai,
chief
of
the
thirty,
and
he
said,
"We
are
yours,
O
David,
and
with
you,
O
son
of
Jesse!
Peace,
peace
to
you,
and
peace
to
your
helpers!
For
your
God
helps
you."
Then
David
received
them
and
made
them
officers
of
his
troops.
12:19 Some
of
the
men
of
Manasseh
deserted
to
David
when
he
came
with
the
Philistines
for
the
battle
against
Saul.
(Yet
he
did
not
help
them,
for
the
rulers
of
the
Philistines
took
counsel
and
sent
him
away,
saying,
"At
peril
to
our
heads
he
will
desert
to
his
master
Saul.")
12:20 As
he
went
to
Ziklag,
these
men
of
Manasseh
deserted
to
him:
Adnah,
Jozabad,
Jediael,
Michael,
Jozabad,
Elihu,
and
Zillethai,
chiefs
of
thousands
in
Manasseh.
12:21 They
helped
David
against
the
band
of
raiders,
for
they
were
all
mighty
men
of
valor
and
were
commanders
in
the
army.
12:22 For
from
day
to
day
men
came
to
David
to
help
him,
until
there
was
a
great
army,
like
an
army
of
God.
12:23 These
are
the
numbers
of
the
divisions
of
the
armed
troops
who
came
to
David
in
Hebron
to
turn
the
kingdom
of
Saul
over
to
him,
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD.
12:24 The
men
of
Judah
bearing
shield
and
spear
were
6,800
armed
troops.
12:25 Of
the
Simeonites,
mighty
men
of
valor
for
war,
7,100.
12:26 Of
the
Levites
4,600.
12:27 The
prince
Jehoiada,
of
the
house
of
Aaron,
and
with
him
3,700.
12:28 Zadok,
a
young
man
mighty
in
valor,
and
twenty-two
commanders
from
his
own
fathers'
house.
12:29 Of
the
Benjaminites,
the
kinsmen
of
Saul,
3,000,
of
whom
the
majority
had
to
that
point
kept
their
allegiance
to
the
house
of
Saul.
12:30 Of
the
Ephraimites
20,800,
mighty
men
of
valor,
famous
men
in
their
fathers'
houses.
12:31 Of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
18,000,
who
were
expressly
named
to
come
and
make
David
king.
12:32 Of
Issachar,
men
who
had
understanding
of
the
times,
to
know
what
Israel
ought
to
do,
200
chiefs,
and
all
their
kinsmen
under
their
command.
12:33 Of
Zebulun
50,000
seasoned
troops,
equipped
for
battle
with
all
the
weapons
of
war,
to
help
David
with
singleness
of
purpose.
12:34 Of
Naphtali
1,000
commanders
with
whom
were
37,000
men
armed
with
shield
and
spear.
12:35 Of
the
Danites
28,600
men
equipped
for
battle.
12:36 Of
Asher
40,000
seasoned
troops
ready
for
battle.
12:37 Of
the
Reubenites
and
Gadites
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
from
beyond
the
Jordan,
120,000
men
armed
with
all
the
weapons
of
war.
12:38 All
these,
men
of
war,
arrayed
in
battle
order,
came
to
Hebron
with
full
intent
to
make
David
king
over
all
Israel.
Likewise,
all
the
rest
of
Israel
were
of
a
single
mind
to
make
David
king.
12:39 And
they
were
there
with
David
for
three
days,
eating
and
drinking,
for
their
brothers
had
made
preparation
for
them.
12:40 And
also
their
relatives,
from
as
far
as
Issachar
and
Zebulun
and
Naphtali,
came
bringing
food
on
donkeys
and
on
camels
and
on
mules
and
on
oxen,
abundant
provisions
of
flour,
cakes
of
figs,
clusters
of
raisins,
and
wine
and
oil,
oxen
and
sheep,
for
there
was
joy
in
Israel.