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1 Chronicles 12 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

1Ch 12:1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he kept still close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in the conflict;
1Ch 12:2armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:
1Ch 12:3the chief Ahiezer, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
1Ch 12:4and Jishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite.
1Ch 12:5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
1Ch 12:6Elkanah, and Jishijah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
1Ch 12:7and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
1Ch 12:8And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains:
1Ch 12:9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1Ch 12:10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
1Ch 12:11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
1Ch 12:12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
1Ch 12:13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
1Ch 12:14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
1Ch 12:15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it overflows all its banks, and they put to flight all them of the valleys, toward the east and toward the west.
1Ch 12:16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
1Ch 12:17And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If ye come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers see it and rebuke it.
1Ch 12:18And the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, And with thee, thou son of Jesse: Peace, peace be to thee! And peace be to thy helpers! For thy God helps thee. And David received them, and made them chiefs of bands.
1Ch 12:19And 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 deliberation sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul at the peril of our heads.
1Ch 12:20As he went away 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.
1Ch 12:21And they helped David in his expeditions; for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
1Ch 12:22For day by day there came men to David to help him, until it was a great camp, like the camp of God.

Supporters Gathered at Hebron

1Ch 12:23And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
1Ch 12:24The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.
1Ch 12:25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for war, seven thousand one hundred.
1Ch 12:26Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.
1Ch 12:27And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;
1Ch 12:28and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.
1Ch 12:29And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.
1Ch 12:30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.
1Ch 12:31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
1Ch 12:32And of the children of Issachar, who 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 bidding.
1Ch 12:33Of Zebulun, such as went forth in the host, armed for war with all weapons of war, fifty thousand, keeping rank without double heart.
1Ch 12:34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.
1Ch 12:35And of the Danites armed for war twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
1Ch 12:36And of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.
1Ch 12:37And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
1Ch 12:38All of them men of war, keeping rank in battle array, 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.
1Ch 12:39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
1Ch 12:40and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel.
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