Holy Bible
(King James Version)
First
Chronicles : Chapter 12
1. NOW
these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself
close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty
men, helpers of the war.
2. They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
3. The chief was A-hi-e-zer, then Joash, the sons of Shem-a-ah the
Gib-e-a-thite; and Je-zi-el, and Pelet, the sons of Az-ma-veth; and Be-ra-chah,
and Jehu the An-to-thite,
4. And Is-mai-ah the Gib-e-on-ite, a mighty man among the thirty, and
over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Ja-ha-zi-el, and Jo-ha-nan, and
Josabad the Ge-de-ra-thite,
5. E-lu-zai, and Jer-i-moth, and Be-a-li-ah, and Shem-a-ri-ah, and
Sheph-a-ti-ah the Ha-ru-phite,
6. El-ka-nah, and Je-si-ah, and Az-a-reel, and Jo-e-zer, and
Ja-shob-e-am, the Korhites,
7. And Jo-e-lah, and Zeb-a-di-ah, the sons of Je-ro-ham of Gedor.
8. And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the
hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle,
that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of
lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
9. Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, E-li-ab the third,
10. Mish-man-nah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11. At-ta-i the sixth, E-li-el the seventh,
12. Jo-ha-nan the eighth, El-za-bad the ninth,
13. Jeremiah the tenth, Mach-ba-nai the eleventh.
14. These were the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least
was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
15. These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys,
both toward the east, and toward the west.
16. And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold
unto David.
17. And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If
ye be come peaceable unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit
unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there
is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and
rebuke it.
18. Then the spirit came upon A-ma-sai, who was chief of the captains,
and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:
peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God
helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of
the band.
19. And there fell some of Ma-nas-seh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the
lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will
fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20. As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Ma-nas-seh, Adnah, and
Jozabad, and Jed-i-a-el, and Michael, and Jozabad, and E-li-hu, and
Zil-thai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21. And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were
all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22. For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until
it was a great host, like the host of God.
23. And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the
war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,
according to the word of the LORD.
24. The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand
and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25. Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred.
26. Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27. And Je-hoi-a-da was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were
three thousand and seven hundred;
28. And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house
twenty and two captains.
29. And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of
the house of Saul.
30. And the children of E-phra-im twenty thousand and eight hundred,
mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31. And of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by name, to come and make David king.
32. And of the children of Is-sa-char, which were men that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads
of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their
commandment.
33. Of Ze-bu-lun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all
instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not
of double heart.
34. And of Naph-ta-li a thousand captains, and with them with shield and
spear thirty and seven thousand.
35. And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six
hundred.
36. And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand.
37. And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, with all manner of instruments of
war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38. All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect
heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest
also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
39. And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for
their brethren had prepared for them.
40. Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Is-sa-char and
Ze-bu-lun and Naph-ta-li, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on
mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of
raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there
was joy in Israel.
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