1 Chronicles 12
1 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 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 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 and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty
man among the thirty, and over the thirty;
5 and Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of
Gadarathiim, 6 Azai and Arimuth, and
Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charæphiel,
7 Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and
Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites,
8 and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of
Iroam, and the men of Gedor.
9 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.
10 Aza the chief, Abdia the second,
Eliab the third, 11 Masmana the
fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12 Jethi
the sixth, Eliab the seventh,
13 Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the
ninth, 14 Jeremia the tenth,
Melchabanai the eleventh. 15 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.
16 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.
17 And there came
some of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the
assistance of David. 18 And David
went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let
my heart be at peace with you: but if ye are come to
betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it,
and reprove it. 19 And the Spirit
came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of
Jesse, thou and thy people, peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers,
for thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains
of the forces.
20 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. 21 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.
22 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.
23 For daily men came to David,
till they amounted to a great force, as the force of
God.
24 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. 25 The sons of Juda,
bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war.
26 Of the sons of Symeon mighty for
battle, seven thousand and a hundred.
27 Of the sons of Levi, four thousand
and six hundred. 28 And Joadas the
chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three
thousand and seven hundred. 29 And
Sadoc, a young man mighty in strength, and
there were twenty-two leaders of his father's house.
30 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. 31 And of
the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men, famous in
the houses of their fathers. 32 And
of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even
those who were named by name, to make David king.
33 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.
34 And of Zabulon they that went out
to battle, with all weapons of war, were fifty
thousand to help David, not weak-handed.
35 And of Nephthali a thousand
captains, and with them men with shields and spears,
thirty-seven thousand. 36 And of the
Danites men ready for war twenty-eight thousand and
eight hundred. 37 And of Aser, they
that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.
38 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.
39 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.
40 And they were there three days
eating and drinking, for their brethren had made
preparations. 41 And their
neighbours, as far as Issachar and Zabulon and Nephthali, brought to them upon
camels, and asses, and mules, and upon calves, victuals, meal, cakes of figs,
raisins, wine, and oil, calves and sheep abundantly: for
there was joy in Israel.