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1 Chronicles 12:8-40

12:8

And of the Gadites
<01425>

there separated
<0914> (8738)

themselves unto David
<01732>

into the hold
<04679>

to the wilderness
<04057>

men
<01368>

of might
<02428>_,

[and] men
<0582>

of war
<06635>

[fit] for the battle
<04421>_,

that could handle
<06186> (8802)

shield
<06793>

and buckler
<07420>_,

whose faces
<06440>

[were like] the faces
<06440>

of lions
<0738>_,

and [were] as swift
<04116> (8763)

as the roes
<06643>

upon the mountains
<02022>_;

{of war: Heb. of the host} {as swift...: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste}

12:9

Ezer
<05829>

the first
<07218>_,

Obadiah
<05662>

the second
<08145>_,

Eliab
<0446>

the third
<07992>_,

12:10

Mishmannah
<04925>

the fourth
<07243>_,

Jeremiah
<03414>

the fifth
<02549>_,

12:11

Attai
<06262>

the sixth
<08345>_,

Eliel
<0447>

the seventh
<07637>_,

12:12

Johanan
<03110>

the eighth
<08066>_,

Elzabad
<0443>

the ninth
<08671>_,

12:13

Jeremiah
<03414>

the tenth
<06224>_,

Machbanai
<04344>

the eleventh
<06249> <06240>_.

12:14

These [were] of the sons
<01121>

of Gad
<01410>_,

captains
<07218>

of the host
<06635>_:

one
<0259>

of the least
<06996>

[was] over an hundred
<03967>_,

and the greatest
<01419>

over a thousand
<0505>_.

{one...: or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand}

12:15

These [are] they that went over
<05674> (8804)

Jordan
<03383>

in the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_,

when it had overflown
<04390> (8764)

all his banks
<01415> (8675) <01428>_;

and they put to flight
<01272> (8686)

all [them] of the valleys
<06010>_,

[both] toward the east
<04217>_,

and toward the west
<04628>_.

{overflown: Heb. filled over}

12:16

And there came
<0935> (8799)

of the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

and Judah
<03063>

to the hold
<04679>

unto David
<01732>_.

12:17

And David
<01732>

went out
<03318> (8799)

to meet
<06440>

them, and answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, If ye be come
<0935> (8804)

peaceably
<07965>

unto me to help
<05826> (8800)

me, mine heart
<03824>

shall be knit
<03162>

unto you: but if [ye be come] to betray
<07411> (8763)

me to mine enemies
<06862>_,

seeing [there is] no
<03808>

wrong
<02555>

in mine hands
<03709>_,

the God
<0430>

of our fathers
<01>

look
<07200> (8799)

[thereon], and rebuke
<03198> (8686)

[it]. {to meet...: Heb. before them} {be knit: Heb. be one} {wrong: or, violence}

12:18

Then the spirit
<07307>

came
<03847> (8804)

upon Amasai
<06022>_,

[who was] chief
<07218>

of the captains
<07970> (8677) <07991>_,

[and he said], Thine [are we], David
<01732>_,

and on thy side, thou son
<01121>

of Jesse
<03448>_:

peace
<07965>_,

peace
<07965>

[be] unto thee, and peace
<07965>

[be] to thine helpers
<05826> (8802)_;

for thy God
<0430>

helpeth
<05826> (8804)

thee. Then David
<01732>

received
<06901> (8762)

them, and made
<05414> (8799)

them captains
<07218>

of the band
<01416>_.

{came...: Heb. clothed}

12:19

And there fell
<05307> (8804)

[some] of Manasseh
<04519>

to David
<01732>_,

when he came
<0935> (8800)

with the Philistines
<06430>

against Saul
<07586>

to battle
<04421>_:

but they helped
<05826> (8804)

them not: for the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

upon advisement
<06098>

sent
<07971> (8765)

him away, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

He will fall
<05307> (8799)

to his master
<0113>

Saul
<07586>

to [the jeopardy of] our heads
<07218>_.

{to the...: Heb. on our heads}

12:20

As he went
<03212> (8800)

to Ziklag
<06860>_,

there fell
<05307> (8804)

to him of Manasseh
<04519>_,

Adnah
<05734>_,

and Jozabad
<03107>_,

and Jediael
<03043>_,

and Michael
<04317>_,

and Jozabad
<03107>_,

and Elihu
<0453>_,

and Zilthai
<06769>_,

captains
<07218>

of the thousands
<0505>

that [were] of Manasseh
<04519>_.

12:21

And they helped
<05826> (8804)

David
<01732>

against the band
<01416>

[of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men
<01368>

of valour
<02428>_,

and were captains
<08269>

in the host
<06635>_.

{against...: or, with a band}

12:22

For at [that] time
<06256>

day
<03117>

by day
<03117>

there came
<0935> (8799)

to David
<01732>

to help
<05826> (8800)

him, until [it was] a great
<01419>

host
<04264>_,

like the host
<04264>

of God
<0430>_.

12:23

And these [are] the numbers
<04557>

of the bands
<07218>

[that were] ready armed
<02502> (8803)

to the war
<06635>_,

[and] came
<0935> (8804)

to David
<01732>

to Hebron
<02275>_,

to turn
<05437> (8687)

the kingdom
<04438>

of Saul
<07586>

to him, according to the word
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

{bands: or, captains, or, men: Heb. heads}

12:24

The children
<01121>

of Judah
<03063>

that bare
<05375> (8802)

shield
<06793>

and spear
<07420>

[were] six
<08337>

thousand
<0505>

and eight
<08083>

hundred
<03967>_,

ready armed
<02502> (8803)

to the war
<06635>_.

{armed: or, prepared}

12:25

Of the children
<01121>

of Simeon
<08095>_,

mighty men
<01368>

of valour
<02428>

for the war
<06635>_,

seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>

and one hundred
<03967>_.

12:26

Of the children
<01121>

of Levi
<03878>

four
<0702>

thousand
<0505>

and six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>_.

12:27

And Jehoiada
<03077>

[was] the leader
<05057>

of the Aaronites
<0175>_,

and with him [were] three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

and seven
<07651>

hundred
<03967>_;

12:28

And Zadok
<06659>_,

a young man
<05288>

mighty
<01368>

of valour
<02428>_,

and of his father's
<01>

house
<01004>

twenty
<06242>

and two
<08147>

captains
<08269>_.

12:29

And of the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

the kindred
<0251>

of Saul
<07586>_,

three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>_:

for hitherto the greatest
<04768>

part of them had kept
<08104> (8802)

the ward
<04931>

of the house
<01004>

of Saul
<07586>_.

{kindred: Heb. brethren} {the greatest...: Heb. a multitude of them}

12:30

And of the children
<01121>

of Ephraim
<0669>

twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>

and eight
<08083>

hundred
<03967>_,

mighty
<01368>

men
<0582>

of valour
<02428>_,

famous
<08034>

throughout the house
<01004>

of their fathers
<01>_.

{famous: Heb. men of names}

12:31

And of the half
<02677>

tribe
<04294>

of Manasseh
<04519>

eighteen
<08083> <06240>

thousand
<0505>_,

which were expressed
<05344> (8738)

by name
<08034>_,

to come
<0935> (8800)

and make David
<01732>

king
<04427> (8687)_.

12:32

And of the children
<01121>

of Issachar
<03485>_,

[which were men] that had understanding
<0998> <03045> (8802)

of the times
<06256>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

what Israel
<03478>

ought to do
<06213> (8799)_;

the heads
<07218>

of them [were] two hundred
<03967>_;

and all their brethren
<0251>

[were] at their commandment
<06310>_.

12:33

Of Zebulun
<02074>_,

such as went forth
<03318> (8802)

to battle
<06635>_,

expert
<06186> (8802)

in war
<04421>_,

with all instruments
<03627>

of war
<04421>_,

fifty
<02572>

thousand
<0505>_,

which could keep rank
<05737> (8800)_:

[they were] not of double
<03820>

heart
<03820>_.

{expert...: or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle} {keep...: or, set the battle in array} {not...: Heb. without a heart and a heart}

12:34

And of Naphtali
<05321>

a thousand
<0505>

captains
<08269>_,

and with them with shield
<06793>

and spear
<02595>

thirty
<07970>

and seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>_.

12:35

And of the Danites
<01839>

expert
<06186> (8802)

in war
<04421>

twenty
<06242>

and eight
<08083>

thousand
<0505>

and six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>_.

12:36

And of Asher
<0836>_,

such as went forth
<03318> (8802)

to battle
<06635>_,

expert
<06186> (8800)

in war
<04421>_,

forty
<0705>

thousand
<0505>_.

{expert: or, keeping their rank}

12:37

And on the other side
<05676>

of Jordan
<03383>_,

of the Reubenites
<07206>_,

and the Gadites
<01425>_,

and of the half
<02677>

tribe
<07626>

of Manasseh
<04519>_,

with all manner of instruments
<03627>

of war
<06635>

for the battle
<04421>_,

an hundred
<03967>

and twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>_.

12:38

All these men
<0582>

of war
<04421>_,

that could keep
<05737> (8802)

rank
<04634>_,

came
<0935> (8804)

with a perfect
<08003>

heart
<03820>

to Hebron
<02275>_,

to make David
<01732>

king
<04427> (8687)

over all Israel
<03478>_:

and all the rest
<07611>

also of Israel
<03478>

[were] of one
<0259>

heart
<03824>

to make David
<01732>

king
<04427> (8687)_.

12:39

And there they were with David
<01732>

three
<07969>

days
<03117>_,

eating
<0398> (8802)

and drinking
<08354> (8802)_:

for their brethren
<0251>

had prepared
<03559> (8689)

for them.

12:40

Moreover they that were nigh
<07138>

them, [even] unto Issachar
<03485>

and Zebulun
<02074>

and Naphtali
<05321>_,

brought
<0935> (8688)

bread
<03899>

on asses
<02543>_,

and on camels
<01581>_,

and on mules
<06505>_,

and on oxen
<01241>_,

[and] meat
<03978>_,

meal
<07058>_,

cakes
<01690>

of figs, and bunches of raisins
<06778>_,

and wine
<03196>_,

and oil
<08081>_,

and oxen
<01241>_,

and sheep
<06629>

abundantly
<07230>_:

for [there was] joy
<08057>

in Israel
<03478>_.

{meat...: or, victual of meal}