1 Chronicles 12 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

David's Supporters in Ziklag

(1Sa 22:1, 2 )

1Ch 12:1Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.

1Ch 12:2

1Ch 12:2They were bowmen, and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen.

1Ch 12:3

1Ch 12:3The chief was Ahi-e'zer, then Jo'ash, both sons of Shema'ah of Gib'e-ah; also Je'zi-el and Pelet the sons of Az'maveth; Ber'acah, Jehu of An'athoth,

1Ch 12:4

1Ch 12:4Ishma'iah of Gibeon, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jaha'ziel, Joha'nan, Joz'abad of Gede'rah,

1Ch 12:5

1Ch 12:5Elu'zai, Jer'imoth, Beali'ah, Shemari'ah, Shephati'ah the Har'uphite;

1Ch 12:6

1Ch 12:6Elka'nah, Isshi'ah, Az'arel, Jo-e'zer, and Jasho'be-am, the Ko'rahites;

1Ch 12:7

1Ch 12:7and Joe'lah and Zebadi'ah, the sons of Jero'ham of Gedor.

1Ch 12:8

1Ch 12:8From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

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1Ch 12:9Ezer the chief, Obadi'ah second, Eli'ab third,

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1Ch 12:10Mishman'nah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,

1Ch 12:11

1Ch 12:11Attai sixth, Eli'el seventh,

1Ch 12:12

1Ch 12:12Joha'nan eighth, Elza'bad ninth,

1Ch 12:13

1Ch 12:13Jeremiah tenth, Mach'bannai eleventh.

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1Ch 12:14These Gadites were officers of the army, the lesser over a hundred and the greater over a thousand.

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1Ch 12:15These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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1Ch 12:16And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

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1Ch 12:17David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be knit to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you."

1Ch 12:18

1Ch 12:18Then the Spirit came upon Ama'sai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David; and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them, and made them officers of his troops.

1Ch 12:19

1Ch 12:19Some of the men of Manas'seh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, "At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.")

1Ch 12:20

1Ch 12:20As he went to Ziklag these men of Manas'seh deserted to him: Adnah, Joz'abad, Jedi'a-el, Michael, Joz'abad, Eli'hu, and Zil'lethai, chiefs of thousands in Manas'seh.

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1Ch 12:21They helped David against the band of raiders; for they were all mighty men of valor, and were commanders in the army.

1Ch 12:22

1Ch 12:22For from day to day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

Supporters Gathered at Hebron

1Ch 12:23

1Ch 12:23These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops, who came to David in Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the LORD.

1Ch 12:24

1Ch 12:24The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred armed troops.

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1Ch 12:25Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, seven thousand one hundred.

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1Ch 12:26Of the Levites four thousand six hundred.

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1Ch 12:27The prince Jehoi'ada, of the house of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred.

1Ch 12:28

1Ch 12:28Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own father's house.

1Ch 12:29

1Ch 12:29Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had hitherto kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

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1Ch 12:30Of the E'phraimites twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

1Ch 12:31

1Ch 12:31Of the half-tribe of Manas'seh eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

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1Ch 12:32Of Is'sachar men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

1Ch 12:33

1Ch 12:33Of Zeb'ulun fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.

1Ch 12:34

1Ch 12:34Of Naph'tali a thousand commanders with whom were thirty-seven thousand men armed with shield and spear.

1Ch 12:35

1Ch 12:35Of the Danites twenty-eight thousand six hundred men equipped for battle.

1Ch 12:36

1Ch 12:36Of Asher forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.

1Ch 12:37

1Ch 12:37Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manas'seh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand men armed with all the weapons of war.

1Ch 12:38

1Ch 12:38All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.

1Ch 12:39

1Ch 12:39And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had made preparation for them.

1Ch 12:40

1Ch 12:40And also their neighbors, from as far as Is'sachar and Zeb'ulun and Naph'tali, came bringing food on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of meal, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

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David's Supporters in Ziklag

Supporters Gathered at Hebron

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