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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
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. |
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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
valor, 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 valor 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 valor, 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 valor, 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. |
