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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin): |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites; |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you." |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: "We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you." So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, "It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.") |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingdom over to him, as the LORD had said: |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24from Judah, carrying shield and spear--6,800 armed for battle; |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25from Simeon, warriors ready for battle--7,100; |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26from Levi--4,600, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family; |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29from Benjamin, Saul's tribe--3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until then; |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30from Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans--20,800; |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king--18,000; |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do--200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command; |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty--50,000; |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34from Naphtali--1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears; |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35from Dan, ready for battle--28,600; |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle--40,000; |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37and from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon--120,000. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel. |
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