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12:23 The 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>: 12:24 From Judah <03063> came 6,800 <03967> <08083> <0505> <08337> trained <02502> warriors <06635> carrying <05375> shields <06793> and spears <07420>. 12:25 From Simeon <08095> there were 7,100 <03967> <0505> <07651> warriors <06635> <02428> <01368>. 12:26 From Levi <03878> there were 4,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> <0702>. 12:27 Jehoiada <03077>, the leader <05057> of Aaron’s descendants <0175>, brought 3,700 <03967> <07651> <0505> <07969> men with him, 12:28 along with Zadok <06659>, a young <05288> warrior <02428> <01368>, and twenty-two <08147> <06242> leaders <08269> from his family <01> <01004>. 12:29 From 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>. 12:30 From Ephraim <0669> there were 20,800 <03967> <08083> <0505> <06242> warriors <02428> <01368>, who had brought fame <08034> to their families <01004> <01>. 12:31 From 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>. 12:32 From 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>. 12:33 From 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. 12:34 From Naphtali <05321> there were 1,000 <0505> officers <08269>, along with 37,000 <0505> <07651> <07970> men carrying shields <06793> and spears <02595>. 12:35 From Dan <01839> there were 28,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> <08083> <06242> men prepared <06186> for battle <04421>. 12:36 From Asher <0836> there were 40,000 <0505> <0705> warriors <06635> prepared <06186> for battle <04421>. 12:37 From 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>. 12:38 All <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>. 12:39 They spent <01961> three <07969> days <03117> feasting <08354> <0398> there <08033> with David <01732>, for their relatives <0251> had given them provisions <03559>. 12:40 Also 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>.

• 1Ch 12:23-40 -- Support for David in Hebron

• David

  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  [smith] (well-beloved), the son of Jesse. His life may be divided into three portions: His youth before his introduction to the court of Saul; His relations with Saul; His reign. The early life of David contains in many important re...
  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Captain

  [nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Chronicles, Books of

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  

• Zadok

  [ebd] righteous. (1.) A son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazer (2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 24:3), high priest in the time of David (2 Sam. 20:25) and Solomon (1 Kings 4:4). He is first mentioned as coming to take part with David at Hebron...
  [isbe] ZADOK - za'-dok (tsadowq, once tsadhoq (1 Ki 1:26), similar to tsaddiq, and tsadduq, post-Biblical, meaning justus, "righteous"; Septuagint Sadok): Cheyne in Encyclopedia Biblica suggests that Zadok was a modification of a G...
  [smith] (just). Son of Ahitub and one of the two chief priests in the time of David, Abiathar being the other. Zadok was of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, (1 Chronicles 24:3) and eleventh in descent from Aaron. (1 Chro...
  [nave] ZADOK 1. High priest in time of David's reign, 2 Sam. 19:11; 20:25; 1 Chr. 15:11; 16:39. Removes the ark from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's usurpation; returns with it at David's command, 2 Sam. 15:24-36; 17:15, 17-21....
  

• Zebulun

  [isbe] ZEBULUN - zeb'-u-lun (zebhulun, also written zebuwlun and zebuluwn; the first form occurs only in Jdg 1:30; the other two are frequent, and are used interchangeably; Zaboulon): In Gen 30:20 Leah exclaims, "God hath endowed m...
  [nave] ZEBULUN 1. Son of Jacob and Leah, Gen. 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1. Descendants of, Gen. 46:14; Num. 26:26, 27. Called also Zabulon. 2. Tribe of. Place of, in march and camp, Num. 2:3, 7; 10:14, 16. Te...
  

• Priest

  [smith] The English word is derived from the Greek presbyter , signifying an "elder" (Heb. cohen). Origin. --The idea of a priesthood connects itself in all its forms, pure or corrupted, with the consciousness, more or less distinct ...
  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• Issachar

  [ebd] hired (Gen. 30:18). "God hath given me," said Leah, "my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar." He was Jacob's ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at the going down into Egyp...
  [isbe] ISSACHAR - is'-a-kar (yissa(se)khar; Septuagint, Swete Issachar; Tischendorf, Issachar, so also in the New Testament, Tregelles, and Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek): (1) The 9th son of Jacob, the 5th borne to ...
  [nave] ISSACHAR 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 30:18; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1. Jacob's prophetic benedictions upon, Gen. 49:14, 15. In the time of David, 1 Chr. 7:2, 5. See Tribe of below. Tribe of Military forces of, taken at Sinai, Num. ...
  

• AARONITES

  [ebd] the descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as "fighting men" to the support of David at Hebron (1 Chr. 12:27). Eleazar (Num. 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Ch...
  [isbe] AARONITES - ar'-on-its (le-'aharon, literally, "belonging to Aaron"): A word used in the King James Version, but not in the revised versions, to translate the proper name Aaron in two instances where it. denotes a family and...
  [smith] (1 Chronicles 12:27) priests of the family of Aaron.
  

• Naphtali

  [isbe] NAPHTALI - naf'-ta-li (naphtali; Nephthaleim): I. THE PATRIARCH 1. Name 2. Circumstances of His Birth 3. Historical and Traditional Details II. TRIBE OF NAPHTALI 1. Its Relative Position 2. Its Location in Palestine 3. Physi...
  [nave] NAPHTALI 1. Son of Jacob and Bilhah, Gen. 30:7, 8; 35:25. Jacob blesses, Gen. 49:21. Sons of, Gen. 46:24; 1 Chr. 7:13. 2. Tribe of. Census of, Num. 1:42, 43; 26:48-50. Position assigned to, in camp and march, Num. 2:25-3...
  

• Feasts

  [nave] FEASTS Ancient customs at: Men alone present at, Gen. 40:20; 43:32, 34; 1 Sam. 9:22; Esth. 1:8; Mark 6:21; Luke 14:24; women alone, Esth. 1:9. Men and women attend, Ex. 32:6, with vs. 2,3;Dan. 5:1-3. Riddles propounded at,...
  

• Jehoiada

  [isbe] JEHOIADA - je-hoi'-a-da (yehoyadha`, "Yahweh knows"; Iodae): (1) Father of Benaiah, the captain of David's body-guard (2 Sam 8:18; 20:23; 23:20,22; 1 Ki 1:8, etc.). Jehoiada was "the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel" (2 Sam 2...
  [smith] (Jehovah knows). Father of Benaiah, David?s well-known warrior. (2 Samuel 8:18) 1Kin 1 and 2 passim ; (1 Chronicles 18:17) etc. (B.C. before 1046.) Leader of the Aaronites, i.e. the priests; who joined David at Hebron....
  [nave] JEHOIADA 1. Father of Benaiah, one of David's officers, 2 Sam. 8:18. 2. A high priest. Overthrows Athaliah, the usurping queen of Judah, and establishes Jehoash upon the throne, 2 Kin. 11; 2 Chr. 23. Salutary influence of,...
  

• Mule

  [isbe] MULE - mul (peredh (1 Ki 10:25; 18:5; Ezr 2:66; Isa 66:20; Zec 14:15), the feminine pirdah (1 Ki 1:33,38,44), rekhesh, "swift steeds," the King James Version "mules" (Est 8:10,14), 'achashteranim, "used in the king's service...
  [nave] MULE Uses of: For royal riders, 2 Sam. 13:29; 18:9; 1 Kin. 1:33, 38; ridden by posts, Esth. 8:10, 14; by saints in Isaiah's prophetic vision of the kingdom of Christ, Isa. 66:20; as pack animals, 2 Kin. 5:17; 1 Chr. 12:40. ...
  

• MANASSEH (2)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
  

• Gad

  [nave] GAD 1. Jacob's seventh son, Gen. 30:11; 35:26; Ex. 1:4. Children of, Gen. 46:16; Num. 26:15-18; 1 Chr. 5:11. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:19. 2. A tribe of Israel. Blessed by Moses, Deut. 33:20. Enumeration of, at Sinai,...
  

• Camel

  [isbe] CAMEL - kam'-el (gamal; kamelos; bekher, and bikhrah (Isa 60:6; Jer 2:23 "dromedary," the American Revised Version, margin "young camel"), rekhesh (1 Ki 4:28; see HORSE), kirkaroth (Isa 66:20, "swift beasts," the American St...
  [nave] CAMEL, herds of, Gen. 12:16; 24:35; Gen. 30:43; 1 Sam. 30:17; 1 Chr. 27:30; Job 1:3, 17; Isa. 60:6. Docility of, Gen. 24:11. Uses of: For riding, Gen. 24:10, 61, 64; 31:17; posts, Esth. 8:10, 14; Jer. 2:23; drawing chariots...
  

• Zebulun, Tribe of

  [ebd] numbered at Sinai (Num. 1:31) and before entering Canaan (26:27). It was one of the tribes which did not drive out the Canaanites, but only made them tributary (Judg. 1:30). It took little interest in public affairs. It resp...
  

• RAISINS

  [ebd] dried grapes; mentioned 1 Sam. 25:18; 30:12; 2 Sam. 16:1; 1 Chr. 12:40.
  [isbe] RAISINS - ra'-z'-nz: (1) cimmuqim; staphides, translated "dried grapes," Nu 6:3; mentioned in all other references as a portable food for a march or journey. Abigail supplied David with "a hundred clusters of raisins," among...
  

• Shield

  [ebd] used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chr. 12:8, 24, 34; Isa. 22:6; Ezek. 39:9; Nahum 2:3). Used figur...
  

• HERD

  [smith] (a collection of cattle), Herdsmen. The herd was greatly regarded in both the patriarchal and the Mosaic period. The ox was the most precious stock next to horse and mule. The herd yielded the most esteemed sacrifice, (Number...
  

• King over Israel

  

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