KJV_Strong : 1 Chronicles 12
1. Now these[H428] are they that came[H935] to[H413] David[H1732] to Ziklag,[H6860] while he yet[H5750] kept himself close[H6113] because[H4480] [H6440] of Saul[H7586] the son[H1121] of Kish:[H7027] and they[H1992] were among the mighty men,[H1368] helpers[H5826] of the war.[H4421]
2. They were armed[H5401] with bows,[H7198] and could use both the right hand[H3231] and the left[H8041] in hurling stones[H68] and shooting arrows[H2671] out of a bow,[H7198] even of Saul's brethren[H4480] [H251] [H7586] of Benjamin.[H4480] [H1144]
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6. Elkanah,[H511] and Jesiah,[H3449] and Azareel,[H5832] and Joezer,[H3134] and Jashobeam,[H3434] the Korhites,[H7145]
7. And Joelah,[H3132] and Zebadiah,[H2069] the sons[H1121] of Jeroham[H3395] of[H4480] Gedor.[H1446]
8. And of[H4480] the Gadites[H1425] there separated themselves[H914] unto[H413] David[H1732] into the hold[H4679] to the wilderness[H4057] men[H1368] of might,[H2428] and men[H376] of war[H6635] fit for the battle,[H4421] that could handle[H6186] shield[H6793] and buckler,[H7420] whose faces[H6440] were like the faces[H6440] of lions,[H738] and were as swift[H4116] as the roes[H6643] upon[H5921] the mountains;[H2022]
9. Ezer[H5829] the first,[H7218] Obadiah[H5662] the second,[H8145] Eliab[H446] the third,[H7992]
10. Mishmannah[H4925] the fourth,[H7243] Jeremiah[H3414] the fifth,[H2549]
11. Attai[H6262] the sixth,[H8345] Eliel[H447] the seventh,[H7637]
12. Johanan[H3110] the eighth,[H8066] Elzabad[H443] the ninth,[H8671]
13. Jeremiah[H3414] the tenth,[H6224] Machbanai[H4344] the eleventh.[H6249] [H6240]
14. These[H428] were of the sons[H4480] [H1121] of Gad,[H1410] captains[H7218] of the host:[H6635] one[H259] of the least[H6996] was over a hundred,[H3967] and the greatest[H1419] over a thousand.[H505]
15. These[H428] are they[H1992] that[H834] went over[H5674] [H853] Jordan[H3383] in the first[H7223] month,[H2320] when it[H1931] had overflown[H4390] [H5921] all[H3605] his banks;[H1428] and they put to flight[H1272] [H853] all[H3605] them of the valleys,[H6010] both toward the east,[H4217] and toward the west.[H4628]
16. And there came[H935] of[H4480] the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] and Judah[H3063] to[H5704] the hold[H4679] unto David.[H1732]
17. And David[H1732] went out[H3318] to meet[H6440] them, and answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto them, If[H518] ye be come[H935] peaceably[H7965] unto[H413] me to help[H5826] me, mine heart[H3824] shall be[H1961] knit[H3162] unto[H5921] you: but if[H518] ye be come to betray[H7411] me to mine enemies,[H6862] seeing there is no[H3808] wrong[H2555] in mine hands,[H3709] the God[H430] of our fathers[H1] look[H7200] thereon, and rebuke[H3198] it.
18. Then the spirit[H7307] came upon[H3847] [H853] Amasai,[H6022] who was chief[H7218] of the captains,[H7991] and he said,
19. And there fell[H5307] some of[H4480] Manasseh[H4519] to[H5921] David,[H1732] when he came[H935] with[H5973] the Philistines[H6430] against[H5921] Saul[H7586] to battle:[H4421] but they helped[H5826] them not:[H3808] for[H3588] the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] upon advisement[H6098] sent him away,[H7971] saying,[H559] He will fall[H5307] to[H413] his master[H113] Saul[H7586] to the jeopardy of our heads.[H7218]
20. As he went[H1980] to[H413] Ziklag,[H6860] there fell[H5307] to[H5921] him of Manasseh,[H4480] [H4519] Adnah,[H5734] and Jozabad,[H3107] and Jediael,[H3043] and Michael,[H4317] and Jozabad,[H3107] and Elihu,[H453] and Zilthai,[H6769] captains[H7218] of the thousands[H505] that[H834] were of Manasseh.[H4519]
21. And they[H1992] helped[H5826] [H5973] David[H1732] against[H5921] the band[H1416] of the rovers: for[H3588] they were all[H3605] mighty men[H1368] of valor,[H2428] and were[H1961] captains[H8269] in the host.[H6635]
22. For[H3588] at that time[H6256] day[H3117] by day[H3117] there came[H935] to[H5921] David[H1732] to help[H5826] him, until[H5704] it was a great[H1419] host,[H4264] like the host[H4264] of God.[H430]
23. And these[H428] are the numbers[H4557] of the bands[H7218] that were ready armed[H2502] to the war,[H6635] and came[H935] to[H5921] David[H1732] to Hebron,[H2275] to turn[H5437] the kingdom[H4438] of Saul[H7586] to[H413] him, according to the word[H6310] of the LORD.[H3068]
24. The children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] that bore[H5375] shield[H6793] and spear[H7420] were six[H8337] thousand[H505] and eight[H8083] hundred,[H3967] ready armed[H2502] to the war.[H6635]
25. Of[H4480] the children[H1121] of Simeon,[H8095] mighty men[H1368] of valor[H2428] for the war,[H6635] seven[H7651] thousand[H505] and one hundred.[H3967]
26. Of[H4480] the children[H1121] of Levi[H3878] four[H702] thousand[H505] and six[H8337] hundred.[H3967]
27. And Jehoiada[H3111] was the leader[H5057] of the Aaronites,[H175] and with[H5973] him were three[H7969] thousand[H505] and seven[H7651] hundred;[H3967]
28. And Zadok,[H6659] a young man[H5288] mighty[H1368] of valor,[H2428] and of his father's[H1] house[H1004] twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] captains.[H8269]
29. And of[H4480] the children[H1121] of Benjamin,[H1144] the kindred[H251] of Saul,[H7586] three[H7969] thousand:[H505] for hitherto[H5704] [H2008] the greatest part[H4768] of them had kept[H8104] the ward[H4931] of the house[H1004] of Saul.[H7586]
30. And of[H4480] the children[H1121] of Ephraim[H669] twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] and eight[H8083] hundred,[H3967] mighty men[H1368] of valor,[H2428] famous[H376] [H8034] throughout the house[H1004] of their fathers.[H1]
31. And of the half[H4480] [H2677] tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519] eighteen[H8083] [H6240] thousand,[H505] which[H834] were expressed[H5344] by name,[H8034] to come[H935] and make David king.[H4427] [H853] [H1732]
32. And of the children[H4480] [H1121] of Issachar,[H3485] which were men that had[H3045] understanding[H998] of the times,[H6256] to know[H3045] what[H4100] Israel[H3478] ought to do;[H6213] the heads[H7218] of them were two hundred;[H3967] and all[H3605] their brethren[H251] were at[H5921] their commandment.[H6310]
33. Of Zebulun,[H4480] [H2074] such as went forth[H3318] to battle,[H6635] expert[H6186] in war,[H4421] with all[H3605] instruments[H3627] of war,[H4421] fifty[H2572] thousand,[H505] which could keep rank:[H5737] they were not[H3808] of double heart.[H3820] [H3820]
34. And of Naphtali[H4480] [H5321] a thousand[H505] captains,[H8269] and with[H5973] them with shield[H6793] and spear[H2595] thirty[H7970] and seven[H7651] thousand.[H505]
35. And of[H4480] the Danites[H1839] expert[H6186] in war[H4421] twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083] thousand[H505] and six[H8337] hundred.[H3967]
36. And of Asher,[H4480] [H836] such as went forth[H3318] to battle,[H6635] expert[H6186] in war,[H4421] forty[H705] thousand.[H505]
37. And on the other side[H4480] [H5676] of Jordan,[H3383] of[H4480] the Reubenites,[H7206] and the Gadites,[H1425] and of the half[H2677] tribe[H7626] of Manasseh,[H4519] with all manner[H3605] of instruments[H3627] of war[H6635] for the battle,[H4421] a hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242] thousand.[H505]
38. All[H3605] these[H428] men[H376] of war,[H4421] that could keep[H5737] rank,[H4634] came[H935] with a perfect[H8003] heart[H3824] to Hebron,[H2275] to make David king[H4427] [H853] [H1732] over[H5921] all[H3605] Israel:[H3478] and all[H3605] the rest[H7611] also[H1571] of Israel[H3478] were of one[H259] heart[H3820] to make David king.[H4427] [H853] [H1732]
39. And there[H8033] they were[H1961] with[H5973] David[H1732] three[H7969] days,[H3117] eating[H398] and drinking:[H8354] for[H3588] their brethren[H251] had prepared[H3559] for them.
40. Moreover[H1571] they that were nigh[H7138] [H413] them, even unto[H5704] Issachar[H3485] and Zebulun[H2074] and Naphtali,[H5321] brought[H935] bread[H3899] on asses,[H2543] and on camels,[H1581] and on mules,[H6505] and on oxen,[H1241] and meat,[H3978] meal,[H7058] cakes of figs,[H1690] and bunches of raisins,[H6778] and wine,[H3196] and oil,[H8081] and oxen,[H1241] and sheep[H6629] abundantly:[H7230] for[H3588] there was joy[H8057] in Israel.[H3478]
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