29 From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul:(A) 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).

30 From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.[a]

31 From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:30 Lit the house of their fathers

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