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Text -- 1 Chronicles 12:1-31 (NET)
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Warriors Who Joined David at Ziklag
12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag , when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish . (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle .
12:2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed . They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin .) These were:
12:3 Ahiezer , the leader , and Joash , the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite ; Jeziel and Pelet , the sons of Azmaveth ; Berachah , Jehu the Anathothite ,
12:4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite , one of the thirty warriors and their leader,Jeremiah, Jahaziel , Johanan , Jozabad the Gederathite ,
12:5 Eluzai , Jerimoth , Bealiah , Shemariah , Shephatiah the Haruphite ,
12:6 Elkanah , Isshiah , Azarel , Joezer , and Jashobeam , who were Korahites ,
12:7 and Joelah and Zebadiah , the sons of Jeroham from Gedor .
12:8 Some of the Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the desert . They were warriors who were trained for battle ; they carried shields and spears . They were as fierce as lions and could run as quickly as gazelles across the hills .
12:9 Ezer was the leader , Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third ,
12:10 Mishmannah the fourth , Jeremiah the fifth ,
12:11 Attai the sixth , Eliel the seventh ,
12:12 Johanan the eighth , Elzabad the ninth ,
12:13 Jeremiah the tenth , and Machbannai the eleventh .
12:14 These Gadites were military leaders ; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand .
12:15 They crossed the Jordan River in the first month , when it was overflowing its banks , and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west .
12:16 Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold .
12:17 David went out to meet them and said , “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge !”
12:18 But a spirit empowered Amasai , the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said: “We are yours, O David ! We support you, O son of Jesse ! May you greatly prosper ! May those who help you prosper! Indeed your God helps you!” So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands .
12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul . (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel , the Philistine lords sent David away , saying : “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul .”)
12:20 When David went to Ziklag , the men of Manasseh who joined him were Adnach , Jozabad , Jediael , Michael , Jozabad , Elihu , and Zillethai , leaders of a thousand soldiers each in the tribe of Manasseh .
12:21 They helped David fight against raiding bands , for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army .
12:22 Each day men came to help David until his army became very large .
Support for David in Hebron
12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree :
12:24 From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears .
12:25 From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors .
12:26 From Levi there were 4,600 .
12:27 Jehoiada , the leader of Aaron’s descendants , brought 3,700 men with him,
12:28 along with Zadok , a young warrior , and twenty-two leaders from his family .
12:29 From Benjamin , Saul’s tribe , there were 3,000 , most of whom , up to that time , had been loyal to Saul .
12:30 From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors , who had brought fame to their families .
12:31 From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king .
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NET Notes -> 1Ch 12:1; 1Ch 12:2; 1Ch 12:2; 1Ch 12:4; 1Ch 12:8; 1Ch 12:14; 1Ch 12:15; 1Ch 12:15; 1Ch 12:15; 1Ch 12:17; 1Ch 12:17; 1Ch 12:17; 1Ch 12:17; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:18; 1Ch 12:19; 1Ch 12:19; 1Ch 12:20; 1Ch 12:22; 1Ch 12:23; 1Ch 12:24; 1Ch 12:29; 1Ch 12:29; 1Ch 12:30
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:2 The words “These were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons, because of the length of the intervening material sinc...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:4 In the Hebrew text (BHS) a verse division occurs at this point, and for the remainder of the chapter the verse numbers of the Hebrew Bible differ by o...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:8 Heb “warriors, men of battle for war, prepared with shield and spear, and [like] the face of a lion were their faces, and like gazelles on the h...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:14 Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:19 Heb “and they did not help them for by counsel they sent him away, the lords of the Philistines, saying, ‘With our heads he will fall to h...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:20 Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:22 Heb “for at the time of day in a day they were coming to David to help him until [there was] a great camp like the camp of God.” The term ...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:23 Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him acc...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:24 Heb “the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, [were] 6,800 armed for battle.”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 12:29 Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”
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