I Chronicles 12

1Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

3Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;

1 Chronicles 11:28, 1 Chronicles 11:28, 1 Chronicles 11:33, 2 Samuel 21:6, 1 Samuel 11:4

4And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a great man among the thirty, and their chief; and Jeremiah and Jehaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite;

Joshua 15:36, Joshua 9:3, Joshua 15:36, Joshua 9:3, 1 Chronicles 11:15

5Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite;

6Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

7And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

Joshua 15:58, Joshua 15:58, 1 Chronicles 4:39, 1 Chronicles 4:18, 1 Chronicles 4:39

8And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;

2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 23:20, 2 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 23:20

9Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

14These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.

Deuteronomy 32:30, Leviticus 26:8, Deuteronomy 32:30, Leviticus 26:8

15It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.

Joshua 3:15, Joshua 3:15, Joshua 4:18, Joshua 4:18, Jeremiah 12:5

16And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.

17And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

1 Peter 2:23, Jude 1:9, 1 Peter 2:23, Jude 1:9, Genesis 31:42

18Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.

Judges 6:34, Judges 6:34, Judges 3:10, Judges 3:10, 2 Samuel 17:25

19And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.

1 Samuel 29:2, 1 Samuel 29:9, 1 Samuel 29:2, 1 Samuel 29:9

20Then when he went back to Ziklag, there came over to him, of the men of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands from the armies of Manasseh.

Deuteronomy 33:17, Exodus 18:21, 1 Samuel 29:11, Deuteronomy 1:15, Deuteronomy 33:17

21And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.

1 Chronicles 12:20, 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:17, 1 Chronicles 5:24, 1 Chronicles 11:10

22And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.

2 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 3:1, Genesis 32:2, Job 17:9, Joshua 5:14

23These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.

1 Chronicles 11:10, 2 Samuel 2:3, 2 Samuel 2:4, 1 Chronicles 11:10, 2 Samuel 2:3

24There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;

25Seven thousand, one hundred of the children of Simeon, great men of war;

26Of the children of Levi, four thousand, six hundred.

27And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;

1 Chronicles 27:17, 2 Kings 11:9, 2 Kings 11:4, 1 Chronicles 6:49, 1 Chronicles 6:57

28And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.

2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Chronicles 6:8, 2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Chronicles 6:8, 1 Chronicles 6:53

29And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul.

2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9, 1 Chronicles 12:2

30And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.

Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:4

31And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.

Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:18, Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:18

32And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

Ephesians 5:17, Ephesians 5:17, Luke 12:56, Luke 12:57, Luke 12:56

33Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.

Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:2, John 1:47, John 1:47

34And of Naphtali, a thousand captains with thirty-seven thousand spearmen.

35And of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand, six hundred, expert in ordering the fight.

36And of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.

1 Chronicles 12:33, 1 Chronicles 12:33, Joel 2:7, Joel 2:7

37From the other side of Jordan, there were a hundred and twenty thousand of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every sort of instrument of war.

Joshua 22:1, Joshua 22:10, Deuteronomy 3:12, Deuteronomy 3:16, Joshua 13:7

38All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.

Genesis 49:8, Genesis 49:10, Genesis 49:8, Genesis 49:10, 1 Kings 8:61

39For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

2 Samuel 6:19, Genesis 31:54, Genesis 26:30, 2 Samuel 19:42, 2 Samuel 6:19

40And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.

1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:18, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:1, Proverbs 29:2

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