Dual Panel1These <0428> were the men who joined <0935> David <01732> in Ziklag <06860>, when he was banished <06113> from the presence <06440> of Saul <07586> son <01121> of Kish <07027>. (They <01992> were among the warriors <01368> who assisted <05826> him in battle <04421>.
2They were armed <05401> with bows <07198> and could shoot arrows <02671> or sling stones <068> right <03231> or left-handed <08041>. They were fellow tribesmen <0251> of Saul <07586> from Benjamin <01144>.) These were:
3Ahiezer <0295>, the leader <07218>, and Joash <03101>, the sons <01121> of Shemaah <08094> the Gibeathite <01395>; Jeziel <03149> and Pelet <06404>, the sons <01121> of Azmaveth <05820>; Berachah <01294>, Jehu <03058> the Anathothite <06069>,
4Ishmaiah <03460> the Gibeonite <01393>, one of the thirty <07970> warriors <01368> and their leader,Jeremiah, Jahaziel <03414>, Johanan <03166>, Jozabad <03076> the <03107> Gederathite <01452>,
5Eluzai <0498>, Jerimoth <03406>, Bealiah <01183>, Shemariah <08114>, Shephatiah <08203> the Haruphite <02741>,
6Elkanah <0511>, Isshiah <03449>, Azarel <05832>, Joezer <03134>, and Jashobeam <03434>, who were Korahites <07145>,
7and Joelah <03132> and Zebadiah <02069>, the sons <01121> of Jeroham <03395> from Gedor <01446>.
8Some of the Gadites <01425> joined <0914> David <01732> at the stronghold <04679> in the desert <04057>. They were warriors <02428> <01368> who <0376> were trained <06635> for battle <04421>; they carried <06186> shields <06793> and spears <07420>. They were as fierce <06440> as lions <0743> and could run as quickly <04116> as gazelles <06643> across the hills <02022>.
9Ezer <05829> was the leader <07218>, Obadiah <05662> the second <08145> in command, Eliab <0446> the third <07992>,
10Mishmannah <04925> the fourth <07243>, Jeremiah <03414> the fifth <02549>,
11Attai <06262> the sixth <08345>, Eliel <0447> the seventh <07637>,
12Johanan <03076> the eighth <08066>, Elzabad <0443> the ninth <08671>,
13Jeremiah <03414> the tenth <06224>, and Machbannai <04344> the eleventh <06240> <06249>.
14These <0428> Gadites <01410> <01121> were military <06635> leaders <07218>; the least <06996> led a hundred <03967> men, the greatest <01419> a thousand <0505>.
15They <01992> crossed <05674> the Jordan River <03383> in the first <07223> month <02320>, when it was overflowing <05921> <04390> its banks <01415>, and routed <01272> those living in all <03605> the valleys <06010> to the east <04217> and west <04628>.
16Some from <04480> Benjamin <01144> <01121> and Judah <03063> also came <0935> to David’s <01732> stronghold <04679>.
17David <01732> went out <03318> to meet <06440> them and said <0559> <06030>, “If <0518> you come <0935> to me in peace <07965> and want to help <05826> me, then I will make <03824> an alliance <03162> with you. But if <0518> you come to betray <07411> me to my enemies <06862> when I have not <03808> harmed <03709> <02555> you, may the God <0430> of our ancestors <01> take notice <07200> and judge <03198>!”
18But a spirit <07307> empowered <03847> Amasai <06022>, the leader <07218> of the thirty <07970> warriors, and he said: “We are yours, O David <01732>! We support you, O son <01121> of Jesse <03448>! May you greatly prosper <07965>! May those who help <05826> you prosper! Indeed <03588> your God <0430> helps <05826> you!” So David <01732> accepted <06901> them and made <05414> them leaders <07218> of raiding bands <01416>.
19Some men from <04480> Manasseh <04519> joined <05307> David <01732> when he went <0935> with the Philistines <06430> to fight <04421> against <05921> Saul <07586>. (But in the end they did not help <05826> the Philistines because, after taking counsel <06098>, the Philistine <06430> lords <05633> sent <07971> David away <07971>, saying <0559>: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts <05307> to his master <0113> Saul <07586>.”)
20When David went <01980> to Ziklag <06860>, the men of Manasseh <04519> who joined <05307> him were Adnach <05734>, Jozabad <03107>, Jediael <03043>, Michael <04317>, Jozabad <03107>, Elihu <0453>, and Zillethai <06769>, leaders <07218> of a thousand <0505> soldiers each in the tribe of Manasseh <04519>.
21They helped <05826> David <01732> fight against <05921> raiding <01368> bands <01416>, for all <03605> of them were warriors <02428> and leaders <08269> in the army <06635>.
22Each <03117> day <03117> men came <0935> to help <05826> David <01732> until <05704> his army <04264> became very large <01419>.
23The following <0428> is a record <04557> of the armed <02502> warriors <06635> who came <0935> with their leaders <07218> and joined David <01732> in Hebron <02275> in order to make <05437> David king <04438> in Saul’s <07586> place, in accordance with the Lord’s <03068> decree <06310>:
24From Judah <03063> came 6,800 <03967> <08083> <0505> <08337> trained <02502> warriors <06635> carrying <05375> shields <06793> and spears <07420>.
25From Simeon <08095> there were 7,100 <03967> <0505> <07651> warriors <06635> <02428> <01368>.
26From Levi <03878> there were 4,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> <0702>.
27Jehoiada <03077>, the leader <05057> of Aaron’s descendants <0175>, brought 3,700 <03967> <07651> <0505> <07969> men with him,
28along with Zadok <06659>, a young <05288> warrior <02428> <01368>, and twenty-two <08147> <06242> leaders <08269> from his family <01> <01004>.
29From Benjamin <01144>, Saul’s <07586> tribe <0251> <01121>, there were 3,000 <0505> <07969>, most of whom <04768>, up to <02008> that time <02008>, had been loyal <04931> <08104> to Saul <07586>.
30From Ephraim <0669> there were 20,800 <03967> <08083> <0505> <06242> warriors <02428> <01368>, who had brought fame <08034> to their families <01004> <01>.
31From the half <02677> tribe <04294> of Manasseh <04519> there were 18,000 <0505> <06240> <08083> who had <0834> been designated <05344> by name <08034> to come <0935> and make <04427> David <01732> king <04427>.
32From Issachar <03485> there were 200 <03967> leaders <07218> and all <03605> their relatives <0251> at their command <06310>– they understood <0998> the times <06256> and knew <03045> what <04100> Israel <03478> should do <06213>.
33From Zebulun <02074> there were 50,000 <0505> <02572> warriors <06635> who were prepared <03318> for battle <04421>, equipped <06186> with all <03605> kinds of weapons <04421> <03627>, and ready to give <05737> their undivided <03820> <03820> <03808> loyalty.
34From Naphtali <05321> there were 1,000 <0505> officers <08269>, along with 37,000 <0505> <07651> <07970> men carrying shields <06793> and spears <02595>.
35From Dan <01839> there were 28,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> <08083> <06242> men prepared <06186> for battle <04421>.
36From Asher <0836> there were 40,000 <0505> <0705> warriors <06635> prepared <06186> for battle <04421>.
37From the other side <05676> of the Jordan <03383>, from Reuben <07206>, Gad <01425>, and the half <02677> tribe <07626> of Manasseh <04519>, there were 120,000 <0505> <06242> <03967> men <06635> armed <04421> with all kinds <03605> of weapons <03627>.
38All <03605> these <0428> men <0376> were warriors <04421> who were ready to march <04634> <06186>. They came <0935> to Hebron <02275> to make <04427> David <01732> king <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478> by acclamation <03824> <08003>; all <03605> the rest <07611> of the Israelites <03478> also <01571> were in agreement <0259> <03820> that David <01732> should become king <04427>.
39They spent <01961> three <07969> days <03117> feasting <08354> <0398> there <08033> with David <01732>, for their relatives <0251> had given them provisions <03559>.
40Also their neighbors <07138>, from as far <05704> away as <05704> Issachar <03485>, Zebulun <02074>, and Naphtali <05321>, were bringing <0935> food <03899> on donkeys <02543>, camels <01581>, mules <06505>, and oxen <01241>. There were large <07230> supplies <07058> of flour <07058>, fig <01690> cakes <01690>, raisins <06778>, wine <03196>, olive oil <08081>, beef <01241>, and lamb <06629>, for <03588> Israel <03478> was celebrating <08057>.