Lexicon :: Strong's H2428 - ḥayil

The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army ​— ​men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

These were the heads of their ancestral families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were valiant warriors, famous men, and heads of their ancestral houses.

Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families.[fn] During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.

Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri ​— ​five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families ​— ​20,200 valiant warriors.

All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, valiant warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

Ulam’s sons were valiant warriors and archers.[fn] They had many sons and grandsons ​— ​150 of them.

All these were among Benjamin’s sons.

and their relatives, the heads of their ancestral families ​— ​1,760 in all. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak[fn] in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man[fn] from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab,[fn] and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

The best soldiers were

Joab’s brother Asahel,

Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

They helped David against the raiders, for they were all valiant warriors and commanders in the army.

From the Simeonites: 7,100 valiant warriors ready for war.

and Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his ancestral family.[fn]

From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.[fn]

Also, to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled their ancestral families[fn] because they were strong, capable men.

From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had assigned duties in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men, and all the best soldiers.