29 Of the Benjaminites, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had continued to keep their allegiance to the house of Saul.

30 Of the Ephraimites, twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty warriors, notables in their ancestral houses.

31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

32 Of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kindred under their command.

33 Of Zebulun, fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.

34 Of Naphtali, a thousand commanders, with whom there were thirty-seven thousand armed with shield and spear.

35 Of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand six hundred equipped for battle.

36 Of Asher, forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.

37 Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred twenty thousand armed with all the weapons of war.

1 Chronicles 12:29-37, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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