The First Book of The Chronicles

1Ch 12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Zik´-lag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

1Ch 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

1Ch 12:3 The chief was A-hi-e´-zer, then Jo´-ash, the sons of She-ma´-ah the Gib´-e-ath-ite; and Je´-zi-el, and Pe´-let, the sons of Az´-ma-veth; and Ber´-a-chah, and Je´-hu the An´-tothite,

1Ch 12:4 And Is-ma´-iah the Gib´-e-on-ite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jer-e-mi´-ah, and Ja-ha´-zi-el, and Jo-ha´-nan, and Jos´a-bad the Ged´-e-rath-ite,

1Ch 12:5 E-lu´-zai, and Jer´-i-moth, and Be-a-li´-ah, and Shem-a-ri´-ah, and Sheph-a-ti´-ah the Har´-u-phite,

1Ch 12:6 El´-ka-nah, and Je-si´-ah, and A-zar´-e-el, and Jo-e´-zer, and Ja-sho´be-am, the Kor´-hites,

1Ch 12:7 And Jo-e´-lah, and Zeb-a-di´-ah, the sons of Jer´-o-ham of Ge´-dor.

1Ch 12:8 And of the Gad´-ites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

1Ch 12:9 E´-zer the first, O-ba-di´-ah the second, E-li´-ab the third,

1Ch 12:10 Mish-man´-nah the fourth, Jere-mi´-ah the fifth,

1Ch 12:11 At´-tai the sixth, E-li´-el the seventh,

1Ch 12:12 Jo-ha´-nan the eighth, El´-zabad the ninth,

1Ch 12:13 Jer-e-mi´-ah the tenth, Mach´ba-nai the eleventh.

1Ch 12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

1Ch 12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

1Ch 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

1Ch 12:17 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 ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

1Ch 12:18 Then the Spirit came upon Am´a-sai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

1Ch 12:19 And there fell some of Ma-nas´seh to David, when he came with the Phi-lis´-tines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Phi-lis´-tines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

1Ch 12:20 As he went to Zik´-lag, there fell to him of Ma-nas´-seh, Ad´-nah, and Joz´-a-bad, and Je-di´-a-el, and Mi´-cha-el, and Joz´-a-bad, and E-li´hu, and Zil´-thai, captains of the thousands that were of Ma-nas´-seh.

1Ch 12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

1Ch 12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

1Ch 12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to He´bron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.

1Ch 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

1Ch 12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

1Ch 12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

1Ch 12:27 And Je-hoi´-a-da was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;

1Ch 12:28 And Za´-dok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

1Ch 12:29 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.

1Ch 12:30 And of the children of E´phra-im twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

1Ch 12:31 And of the half tribe of Ma-nas´seh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

1Ch 12:32 And of the children of Is´-sachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1Ch 12:33 Of Zeb´-u-lun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

1Ch 12:34 And of Naph´-ta-li a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.

1Ch 12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

1Ch 12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

1Ch 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reu´-ben-ites, and the Gad´-ites, and of the half tribe of Ma-nas´-seh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

1Ch 12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to He´-bron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

1Ch 12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

1Ch 12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Is´-sa-char and Zeb´u-lun and Naph´-ta-li, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.