1 Chronicles 12
1
x 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.
2
They y were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the z left hand; they were Benjaminites, a Saul's kinsmen.
3
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of b Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of c Anathoth,
4
Ishmaiah of d Gibeon, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah,
5
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the e Korahites;
7
And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
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 f swift as gazelles upon the mountains:
9
Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,
10
Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,
11
Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,
12
Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,
13
Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh.
14
These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a g match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.
15
These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was h overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
16
And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
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."
18
Then i the Spirit clothed j Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said,
"We are yours, O David,
and with you, O son of Jesse!
k 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.
19
Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David l 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, m "At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.")
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.
21
They helped David against n the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.
22
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.
23
These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops o who came to David in Hebron p to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, q according to the word of the Lord.
24
The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops.
25
Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100.
26
Of the Levites 4,600.
27
The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him 3,700.
28
r Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers' house.
29
Of the Benjaminites, s the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the t majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
30
Of the Ephraimites 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
31
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were u expressly named to come and make David king.
32
Of Issachar, men who v had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.
33
Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, w equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with x singleness of purpose.
34
Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.
35
Of the Danites 28,600 men equipped for battle.
36
Of y Asher 40,000 z seasoned troops z ready for battle.
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.
38
All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with a full intent to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a b single mind to make David king.
39
And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.
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, c cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.
-
Cross References
1 Samuel 27:2 - 6
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:17
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow and shield.
Psalms 78:9
The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
-
Cross References
Judges 3:15
Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
Judges 20:16
Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 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.
-
Cross References
Joshua 18:28
Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim - fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 11:28
Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth.
1 Chronicles 27:12
Ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer of Anathoth, a Benjaminite; in his division were 24,000.
-
Cross References
Joshua 9:3
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:19
Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
-
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:18
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
-
Cross References
Leviticus 26:8
Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
-
Cross References
Joshua 3:15
And as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest).
-
Cross References
Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
-
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:25
Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
-
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:6
And thus you shall greet him: 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
-
Cross References
1 Samuel 29:2 - 9
As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish.
-
Cross References
1 Samuel 29:4
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
-
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:1
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 11:1
Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
2 Samuel 2:3 - 4
And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:14
He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 11:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
1 Chronicles 11:10
Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
1 Samuel 16:1
The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:3
And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:8
Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz.
2 Samuel 8:17
And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 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.
-
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:8 - 9
But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
-
Cross References
Numbers 1:17
Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named.
-
Cross References
Esther 1:13
Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:36
Of Asher 40,000 seasoned troops ready for battle.
1 Chronicles 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.
-
Cross References
Psalms 12:2
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
-
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:9
And he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:33
Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:33
Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 8:61
Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:33
Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.
-
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
1 Samuel 30:12
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.