1 Chronicles 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
Ahiezer, then
Joash, the
sons of
Shemaah the
Gibeathite; and
Jeziel, and
Pelet, the
sons of
Azmaveth; and
Berachah, and
Jehu the
Antothite, 4 And
Ismaiah the
Gibeonite, a mighty
man among the
thirty, and over the
thirty; and
Jeremiah, and
Jahaziel, and
Johanan, and
Josabad the
Gederathite, 5 Eluzai, and
Jerimoth, and
Bealiah, and
Shemariah, and
Shephatiah the
Haruphite, 6 Elkanah, and
Jesiah, and
Azareel, and
Joezer, and
Jashobeam, the
Korhites, 7 And
Joelah, and
Zebadiah, the
sons of
Jeroham 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, Eliab the
third, 10 Mishmannah the
fourth, Jeremiah the
fifth, 11 Attai the
sixth, Eliel the
seventh, 12 Johanan the
eighth, Elzabad the
ninth, 13 Jeremiah the
tenth, Machbanai the
eleventh.
14 These were of 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 peaceably 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
Amasai, 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
Manasseh 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
Manasseh, Adnah, and
Jozabad, and
Jediael, and
Michael, and
Jozabad, and
Elihu, and
Zilthai, 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
Jehoiada 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 of the
children of
Ephraim twenty thousand and
eight hundred, mighty men of
valour, famous throughout the
house of their
fathers. 31 And of the
half tribe of
Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by
name, to
come and make
David king.
32 And of the
children of
Issachar, 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
Zebulun, 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
Naphtali 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
Manasseh, 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
Issachar and
Zebulun and
Naphtali, 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.