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          DASV: 1 Chronicles 12    

1 These were those who came to David at Ziklag, while he was hiding from Saul son of Kish. They were among the mighty men who helped in war.
2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows and sling stones both with their right and left hands. They were Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah from Gibeah; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah and Jehu from Anathoth,
4 Ishmaiah from Gibeon, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, and over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad from Gederah,
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah from Haruph,
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
7 Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

8 From the Gadites who joined with David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty warriors, trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were as fierce as lions, and as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.
9 Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai was the eleventh.
14 These Gadites were officers of the army, the least led a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.
15 These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks. They put to flight all those living in the valleys, both to the east and west.

16 There came some from Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold of David.
17 David went out to meet them, and told them, "If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be bound to you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies, seeing my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our fathers look on it, and judge you."
18 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the Thirty, and he said, "We are yours, David. We are on your side, O son of Jesse. Peace, peace to you, and peace be to the ones helping you. For your God is helping you." Then David received them and made them commanders over the troops.

19 Some from Manasseh deserted to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consulting sent him away, saying, "He will switch loyalties back to his master Saul at the cost of our heads."
20 As he returned to Ziklag, he was joined by some from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, commanders of thousands in Manasseh.
21 They helped David against gangs of raiders, for they were all mighty warriors, and were commanders in the army.
22 Day after day others came to David to help him, until there was a large army, like the army of God.

23 These are the numbers of the those who were armed for war, who came to David at Hebron, to offer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
24 From Judah there were 6,800 who bore the shield and spear armed for war.
25 From Simeon there were 7,100 mighty warriors.
26 From the Levites there were 4,600.
27 Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, accompanied by 3,700.
28 Zadok, a young warrior, and 22 officers from his father's house joined their ranks.
29 From Benjamin, the relatives of Saul, 3,000. The greatest part of them had been loyal to the house of Saul.
30 From Ephraim there were 20,800 mighty warriors, renowed in their ancestral clans.
31 From the half tribe of Manasseh 18,000 joined, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
32 From Issachar, men who understood the times, who knew what Israel ought to do; there were 200 leaders; and all their relatives were under their command.
33 From Zebulun, 50,000 who were equipped for battle and prepared for war, with all types of weapons, to help David with undivided loyalty.
34 From Naphtali 1,000 commanders, along with 37,000 armed with shields and spears.
35 From the Danites prepared for battle, 28,600.
36 From Asher, 40,000 who were combat ready.
37 From the Reubenites, Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, from other side of the Jordan River, with all types of weapons of war, 120,000.

38 All these were warriors, who were ready for battle, came to Hebron with the sole intent to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel were united to make David king.
39 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their relatives had supplied provisions for them.
40 Also their neighbors, as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were supplies of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, olive oil, oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there was joy in Israel.

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