1 Cronica 12
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang mga Unang Tagasunod ni David Mula sa Lipi ni Benjamin
12 Narito ang mga lalaking pumunta sa Ziklag at sumama kay David noong siya'y nagtatago kay Saul. Sila'y kilalang mandirigma, kaliwa't kanan kung gumamit ng pana, at asintado sa tirador. 2 Sa lipi ni Benjamin mula sa angkan ni Saul: 3 si Ahiezer, ang pinakapinuno at si Joas ang pangalawa, parehong anak ni Semaa na taga-Gibea; sina Jeziel at Pelet na mga anak ni Azmavet; sina Beraca at Jehu na parehong taga-Anatot; 4 si Ismaias, na taga-Gibeon, isa sa mga pinuno ng Tatlumpu; sina Jeremias, Jahaziel, Johanan at Jozabad na mga taga-Gedera; 5 sina Eluzai, Jerimot, Bealias, Semarias at Sefatias na taga-Haruf; 6 sina Elkana, Isaias, Azarel, Joezer at Jasobeam na buhat sa angkan ni Korah; 7 sina Jocla at Zebadias na mga anak ni Jeroham na taga-Gedor.
Ang mga Tagasunod ni David Mula sa Lipi ni Gad
8 Sa lipi ni Gad, ang sumama kay David ay mga mahusay na mandirigma at sanay sa paggamit ng sibat at kalasag, mababagsik na parang leon at kung kumilos ay simbilis ng mga usa sa bundok. 9 Ang pinakapinuno nila ay si Eser at ang iba pa ayon sa pagkakasunud-sunod ay sina Obadias, Eliab, 10 Mismana, Jeremias, 11 Atai, Eliel, 12 Johanan, Elzabad, 13 Jeremias at Macbanai. 14 Ang mga ito'y mga opisyal ng hukbo na ang pinakamaliit na pinapamahalaan ay hindi bababâ sa isang daan at ang pinakamalaki ay isang libo. 15 Sila ang tumawid sa Ilog Jordan nang unang buwan na ito'y umaapaw at naging dahilan nang paglikas ng mga taong naninirahan sa silangan at kanluran ng kapatagan doon.
Ang mga Tagasunod ni David Mula sa mga Lipi nina Benjamin at Juda
16 May iba pang mga tauhan mula sa mga lipi nina Benjamin at Juda na sumama na rin kay David. 17 Ang mga ito'y sinalubong ni David na nagsasabing, “Kung naparito kayo bilang mga kaibigan, tatanggapin ko kayo. Ngunit kung mga kaaway, kahit wala pa akong nagagawang karahasan, hatulan nawa kayo ng Diyos ng aming mga ninuno.” 18 Noon din si Amasai na pinuno ng Tatlumpu ay kinasihan ng Espiritu ng Diyos at nagsabi:
“Kami'y sa iyo, O David, kami'y kakampi mo, anak ni Jesse!
Kapayapaan nawa'y sumaiyo at sa mga kapanalig mo!
Sapagkat Diyos ang iyong katulong.”
Malugod silang tinanggap ni David at ginawa silang mga pinuno sa kanyang hukbo.
Ang mga Tagasunod ni David Mula sa Lipi ni Manases
19 Mayroon ding mula sa lipi ni Manases na nakiisa kay David nang kanilang sasalakayin si Saul, kasama ng mga Filisteo. Hindi na natuloy ang pagtulong niya sa mga Filisteo sapagkat hindi nagtiwala sa kanya ang mga pinuno nito. Siya'y pinaalis at sinabi, “Malalagay lamang sa panganib ang ating buhay, sapagkat tiyak na kay Saul pa rin papanig ang taong iyan!” 20 Nang bumalik na si David sa Ziklag, dumating nga sa kanya ang mga tauhan mula sa lipi ni Manases. Ito'y sina Adna, Jozabad, Jediael, Micael, Jozabad, Eliu at Zilletai. Bawat isa sa kanila'y pinuno ng sanlibong kawal. 21 Malaki ang naitulong nila kay David at sa kanyang mga tauhan, sapagkat sanay silang mandirigma. Ang mga ito'y ginawa niyang mga opisyal sa kanyang hukbo. 22 Araw-araw, may dumarating kay David upang tumulong, kaya't nakabuo siya ng napakalaking hukbo.
Ang Listahan ng Hukbo ni David
23 Ito ang bilang ng mga kawal na nagpunta kay David sa Hebron upang ilipat sa kanya ang pagiging hari ni Saul ayon sa pangako ni Yahweh:
24-37 Juda: 6,800 na mahuhusay gumamit ng sibat at kalasag; Simeon: 7,100 na mga kilala sa tapang at lakas; Levi: 4,600; Aaron sa pamumuno ni Joiada: 3,700; Zadok kasama ang 22 pinuno ng kanilang angkan; Benjamin, lipi ni Saul: 3,000, karamihan sa kanila'y nanatiling tapat sa angkan ni Saul; Efraim: 20,800 matatapang at kilala sa kanilang sambayanan; Kalahating lipi ni Manases: 18,000 na pinapunta upang gawing hari si David; Isacar: 200 mga pinuno kasama ang mga angkang kanilang pinamumunuan. Ang mga ito'y marunong humula ng panahon at nagpapasya kung ano ang hakbang na gagawin ng bansang Israel; Zebulun: 50,000 kawal na bihasa sa labanan at sanay sa lahat ng uri ng sandata; Neftali: 1,000 pinuno at 37,000 kawal na armado ng kalasag at sibat; Dan: 28,600 kawal na sanay sa labanan; Asher: 40,000 kawal na handa na sa labanan; Mula naman sa lipi nina Ruben, Gad at kalahating lipi ni Manases na nasa ibayo ng Jordan: 120,000 armado at bihasa sa lahat ng uri ng sandata.
38 Ang lahat ng ito ay handang makipagdigma, at nagpunta sa Hebron na iisa ang layunin: gawing hari ng Israel si David. 39 Tatlong araw silang kumain at uminom na kasama ni David sapagkat sila'y ipinaghanda roon ng kanilang mga kababayan. 40 Maging ang mga taga kalapit-bayan ng Isacar, Zebulun at Neftali ay nagdala sa kanila ng pagkain. Dumating sila roon na dala ang mga asno, kamelyo, bisiro at toro, at sari-saring pagkain tulad ng harina, igos, mga kumpol ng tinuyong ubas, alak, langis, mga toro at tupa. Nagkaroon ng malaking pagdiriwang sa buong Israel.
1 Chronicles 12
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 12
David’s First Followers. 1 These were the men who came to David while he was at Ziklag, a fugitive from Saul, the son of Kish. They were the brave warriors who helped him in battle. 2 They were armed with bows, and they could sling stones or shoot arrows from a bow with their right hand or their left. They were kinsmen of Saul from Benjamin.
3 Ahiezer was their leader, and then Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite. There were Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite; 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a brave warrior from among the Thirty and the leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite; 5 Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Haruphite; 6 Elkanah; Isshiah; Azarel; Joezer; Jashobeam the Korahite; 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
8 Some Gadites joined David in the wilderness. They were brave men, warriors ready for battle, able to handle the shield and the spear. Their faces were as fierce as the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles upon the mountains. 9 Ezer was the first; Obadiah was the second; Eliab was the third; 10 Mishmannah was the fourth; Jeremiah was the fifth; 11 Attai was the sixth; Eliel was the seventh; 12 Johanan was the eighth; Elzabad was the ninth; 13 Jeremiah the tenth; and Machbannai the eleventh. 14 These Gadites were captains of the army. The weakest of them was worth a hundred, the strongest was worth a thousand. 15 They were crossing over the Jordan during the first month when it was overflowing its banks, and they put to flight everyone who was living in the valleys to the east and the west.
16 Some other Benjaminites and Judahites also went out to David in his stronghold. 17 David went out to meet them and he said to them, “If you have come to me in peace, to help me, then your heart will be one with my heart. But if you are here to betray me to my enemies even though my hands are innocent, may the God of our fathers see it and rebuke you.”
18 The Spirit then came upon Amasai, the leader of the captains, and he said,
“We are yours, David.
We will be with you, O son of Jesse.
May it go well with you,
and may it go well with those who help you,
for your God will help you.”
David received them and made them captains of his raiding parties.
19 Some men from Manasseh went over to David when he went to the Philistines to fight against Saul. He, however, did not help them because the lords of the Philistines had discussed it and sent him away saying, “It would cost us our heads if he were to defect to his master Saul.”
20 These were the men of Manasseh who went over to him in Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. They were captains of the thousands in Manasseh. 21 They helped David fight against the raiding parties, and they were brave warriors, all of them captains of the army.
22 From that time on, more men would arrive daily to help David until he had a large army, like an army of God.[a]
23 Assembly at Hebron. These are the numbers of the bands of those who came to David in Hebron ready for battle. They turned Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the word of the Lord.
24 From Judah, there were six thousand, eight hundred men bearing shield and spear, ready for battle. 25 From Simeon there were seven thousand, one hundred brave warriors, ready for battle. 26 From Levi there were four thousand, six hundred men. 27 These included Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him there were three thousand, seven hundred men. 28 There was Zadok, a young man who was a brave warrior, with twenty-two captains from his father’s household. 29 From Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen, there were three thousand men, most of whom had remained faithful to the house of Saul until then. 30 From Ephraim there were twenty thousand, eight hundred brave warriors who were famous in their ancestral clans. 31 There were eighteen thousand men from one-half of the tribe of Manasseh. They were designated by name to go and make David king. 32 From Issachar there were two hundred leaders with their brethren under them. They understood well the time and what Israel should do.[b] 33 From Zebulun there were fifty thousand experienced fighters ready to go into battle. They had every different type of weapon, and they were of undivided loyalty. 34 From Naphtali there were one thousand captains along with thirty-seven thousand men armed with shield and spear. 35 From Dan there were twenty-eight thousand, six hundred men, ready for battle. 36 From Asher there were forty thousand experienced fighters ready for battle. 37 From the eastern side of the Jordan, there were one hundred and twenty thousand men armed with every different type of weapon from Reuben, Gad, and one-half of the tribe of Manasseh.
38 All of these were well-trained fighting men. They came to Hebron for they wholeheartedly wanted to make David king over all of Israel. The rest of Israel was in agreement to make David king.[c] 39 They spent three days eating and drinking with David (for their brethren had provided provisions for them). 40 Their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on their donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen: plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, for joy had spread throughout Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 12:22 Army of God: David built a large and powerful army that won countless victories and indeed seemed to be on a higher plane than other military groups.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 According to Hebrew tradition, the descendants of Issachar were experts in astronomy.
- 1 Chronicles 12:38 There was an extraordinary show of support for making David their king—both from the military (over 300,000) and general population.