1 Chronicles 12:1-18 ▼

1 And these are they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these were among the mighty, aiding him in war,

2 and using the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and shooters with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,

3 the chief was Achiezer, and Joas son of Asma the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and Jeul of Anathoth,

4 and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of Gadarathiim,

5 Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel,

6 Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites,

7 and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the men of Gedor.

8 And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces were as the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.

9 Aza the chief, Abdia the second, Eliab the third,

10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth,

11 Jethi the sixth, Eliab the seventh,

12 Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the ninth,

13 Jeremia the tenth, Melchabanai the eleventh.

14 These were chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.

15 These are the men that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.

16 And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.

17 And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if ye are come to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.

18 And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, thou and thy people, peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers, for thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.