1 Chronicles 12:24-40

The Mighty Men Join David

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 1 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 1:17
    Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 12:2
    Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
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