1Chronicles - Chapter 12 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. Now these {cf15I are} they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they {cf15I were} among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
  • 2. {cf15I They were} armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in {cf15I hurling} stones and {cf15I shooting} arrows out of a bow, {cf15I even} of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
  • 3. The chief {cf15I 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, {cf15I and} men of war {cf15I fit} for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces {cf15I were like} the faces of lions, and {cf15I 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 {cf15I were} of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least {cf15I was} over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
  • 15. These {cf15I are} they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all {cf15I them} of the valleys, {cf15I 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 {cf15I ye be come} to betray me to mine enemies, seeing {cf15I there is} no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look {cf15I thereon}, and rebuke {cf15I it}.
  • 18. Then the spirit came upon Amasai, {cf15I who was} chief of the captains, {cf15I and he said}, Thine {cf15I are we}, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace {cf15I be} unto thee, and peace {cf15I be} to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
  • 19. And there fell {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I were} of Manasseh.
  • 21. And they helped David against the band {cf15I of the rovers}: for they {cf15I were} all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
  • 22. For at {cf15I that} time day by day there came to David to help him, until {cf15I it was} a great host, like the host of God.
  • 23. And these {cf15I are} the numbers of the bands {cf15I that were} ready armed to the war, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I was} the leader of the Aaronites, and with him {cf15I 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, {cf15I which were men} that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them {cf15I were} two hundred; and all their brethren {cf15I 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: {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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, {cf15I even} unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, {cf15I and} meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for {cf15I there was} joy in Israel.
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