1 Chronicles 12
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David’s Followers in the Wilderness
12 The following are those who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul son of Kish; they were among the mighty warriors who helped him in war.(A) 2 They were archers and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kindred.(B) 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of Anathoth, 4 Ishmaiah of Gibeon, a warrior among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah,[a] Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah, 5 Eluzai,[b] Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite; 6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites; 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains:(C) 9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third, 10 Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth, 11 Attai sixth, Eliel seventh, 12 Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth, 13 Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh. 14 These Gadites were officers of the army, the least equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand. 15 These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.(D)
16 Some Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David. 17 David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship, to help me, then my heart will be knit to you, but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, though my hands have done no wrong, then may the God of our ancestors see and give judgment.” 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said,[c]
“We are yours, O David,
and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to the one who helps you!
For your God is the one who helps you.”
Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.(E)
19 Some of the Manassites deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.”)(F) 20 As he went to Ziklag these Manassites deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of the thousands in Manasseh. 21 They helped David against the band of raiders,[d] for they were all warriors and commanders in the army.(G) 22 Indeed, from day to day people kept coming to David to help him until there was a great army, like an army of God.
David’s Army at Hebron
23 These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the Lord.(H) 24 The people of Judah bearing shield and spear numbered six thousand eight hundred armed troops. 25 Of the Simeonites, mighty warriors, seven thousand one hundred. 26 Of the Levites four thousand six hundred. 27 Jehoiada, leader of the house of[e] Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred. 28 Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two commanders from his own ancestral house.(I) 29 Of the Benjaminites, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had continued to keep their allegiance to the house of Saul.(J) 30 Of the Ephraimites, twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty warriors, notables in their ancestral houses. 31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king. 32 Of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kindred under their command.(K) 33 Of Zebulun, fifty thousand seasoned troops equipped for battle with all the weapons of war to help David[f] with singleness of purpose.(L) 34 Of Naphtali, a thousand commanders, with whom there were thirty-seven thousand armed with shield and spear. 35 Of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand six hundred equipped for battle. 36 Of Asher, forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle. 37 Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred twenty thousand armed with all the weapons of war.
38 All these, warriors arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.(M) 39 They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their kindred had provided for them. 40 And also their neighbors from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant provisions of meal, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.(N)
1 Chronicles 12
New King James Version
The Growth of David’s Army(A)
12 Now (B)these were the men who came to David at (C)Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war, 2 armed with bows, using both the right hand and (D)the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow. They were of Benjamin, Saul’s brethren.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of [a]Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite; 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite; 5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite; 6 Elkanah, Jisshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites; 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 Some Gadites [b]joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were (E)as swift as gazelles on the mountains: 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, 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 Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were from the sons of Gad, captains of the army; the least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a (F)thousand. 15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its (G)banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
16 Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold. 17 And David went out [c]to meet them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no [d]wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look and bring judgment.” 18 Then the Spirit [e]came upon (H)Amasai, chief of the captains, and he said:
“We are yours, O David;
We are on your side, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
And peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.”
So David received them, and made them captains of the troop.
19 And some from Manasseh defected to David (I)when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying, (J)“He may defect to his master Saul and endanger our heads.” 20 When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh who defected to him were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of the thousands who were from Manasseh. 21 And they helped David against (K)the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and they were captains in the army. 22 For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, (L)like the army of God.
David’s Army at Hebron
23 Now these were the numbers of the [f]divisions that were equipped for war, and (M)came to David at (N)Hebron to (O)turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, (P)according to the word of the Lord: 24 of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred [g]armed for war; 25 of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor fit for war, seven thousand one hundred; 26 of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred; 27 Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred; 28 (Q)Zadok, a young man, a valiant warrior, and from his father’s house twenty-two captains; 29 of the sons of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, three thousand (until then (R)the greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul); 30 of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, [h]famous men throughout their father’s house; 31 of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and make David king; 32 of the sons of Issachar (S)who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command; 33 of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who went out to battle, expert in war with all weapons of war, (T)stouthearted men who could keep ranks; 34 of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear; 35 of the Danites who could keep battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred; 36 of Asher, those who could go out to war, able to keep battle formation, forty thousand; 37 of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of weapon of war.
38 All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with a loyal heart, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of (U)one mind to make David king. 39 And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover those who were near to them, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and oxen—provisions of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly, for there was joy in Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 12:3 Or Hasmaah
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Lit. separated themselves to
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 Lit. before them
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 Lit. violence
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 Lit. clothed
- 1 Chronicles 12:23 Lit. heads of those
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 equipped
- 1 Chronicles 12:30 Lit. men of names
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Stridsmän som anslöt sig till David
12 (A) Dessa var de som kom till David i Siklag[a] medan han gömde sig för Saul, Kishs son. De hörde till de hjältar som hjälpte honom under kriget. 2 (B) De var beväpnade med båge och skickliga i att slunga stenar och skjuta pilar från bågen både med höger och vänster hand.
Av Sauls stamfränder benjaminiterna kom följande:
3 Ahieser, den främste,
och Joash, gibeatiten Hashemaas söner,
Jesuel och Pelet, Asmavets söner,
Beraka, anatotiten Jehu,
4 och gibeoniten Jishmaja,
en av de trettio hjältarna och ledare för de trettio,
Jeremia, Jahasiel, Johanan,
gederatiten Josabad,
5 Elusaj, Jerimot, Bealja, Shemarja,
harufiten Shefatja,
6 koraiterna Elkana, Jishia,
Asarel, Joeser och Jashobeam,
7 Joela och Sebadja,
söner till Jeroham från Gedor.
8 (C) Av gaditerna gick några över till David i bergfästet i öknen, tappra män, krigsmän, skickliga att strida, rustade med sköld och spjut. Deras ansikten var som lejons och de var snabba som gaseller på bergen:
9 Eser, den främste,
Obadja, den andre,
Eliab, den tredje,
10 Mashmanna, den fjärde,
Jeremia, den femte,
11 Attaj, den sjätte,
Eliel, den sjunde,
12 Johanan, den åttonde,
Elsabad, den nionde.
13 Jeremia, den tionde,
Makbannaj, den elfte.
14 Dessa var av Gads barn och hörde till de främsta i hären. Den minste av dem var ensam så god som hundra, och den störste så god som tusen. 15 (D) Det var de som i första månaden[b] gick över Jordan när den svämmade över alla sina bräddar och jagade bort alla som bodde i dalarna, åt öster och åt väster.
16 Av Benjamins och Juda barn kom några män till David i hans fästning. 17 (E) Då gick David ut emot dem och sade till dem: ”Om ni kommer till mig med fredliga avsikter och vill hjälpa mig, så är jag beredd att förena mig med er. Men kommer ni för att förråda mig till mina fiender fastän mina händer är fria från våld, då ska våra fäders Gud se det och straffa det.” 18 (F) Men Anden kom över Amasaj, den främste bland de trettio, och han sade:
”Dina är vi, David,
och med dig står vi, du Ishais son.
Frid, frid vare med dig,
och frid vare med dem
som hjälper dig,
för din Gud hjälper dig!”
David tog emot dem och gjorde dem till befälhavare i sin krigarskara.
19 (G) Från Manasse gick några över till David, när han drog ut med filisteerna i kriget mot Saul. Men David och hans män fick inte hjälpa filisteerna, för filisteernas furstar hade rådslag och skickade sedan bort honom och sade: ”Det kostar oss våra huvuden om han går över till sin herre Saul!”
20 När han gav sig i väg till Siklag, gick dessa från Manasse över till honom: Adna, Josabad, Jediael, Mikael, Josabad, Elihu och Silletaj, huvudmän för de ätter som hörde till Manasse. 21 (H) De hjälpte David mot rövarbanden, för de var alla tappra stridsmän och blev ledare i hären. 22 Dag efter dag kom allt fler till David för att hjälpa honom, tills han hade en här stor som Guds här.
23 (I) Detta är antalet av det beväpnade krigsfolk som kom till David i Hebron för att efter Herrens befallning flytta Sauls kungamakt över till honom:
24 Juda söner som bar sköld och spjut, 6 800 beväpnade till strid,
25 av Simeons söner tappra stridsmän, 7 100,
26 av Levi söner 4 600,
27 därtill Jojada, fursten inom Arons släkt, och med honom 3 700,
28 (J) dessutom Sadok, en tapper ung man med sin fars släkt, 22 befälhavare,
29 (K) av Benjamins söner, Sauls stamfränder, 3 000 – vid den tiden höll nämligen de flesta av dem fortfarande troget fast vid Sauls hus –
30 av Efraims söner 20 800 tappra stridsmän, namnkunniga män i sina familjer,
31 av ena hälften av Manasse stam 18 000 namngivna män som kom för att göra David till kung,
32 av Isaskars söner kom män som förstod tidens tecken och insåg vad Israel borde göra, 200 befälhavare samt alla deras stamfränder under deras befäl,
33 av Sebulon stridsberedda män som var rustade till strid med alla slags vapen, 50 000 som ställde upp helhjärtat,
34 av Naftali 1 000 officerare och med dem 37 000 beväpnade med sköld och spjut,
35 av daniterna män rustade till strid, 28 600,
36 av Asher, stridsberedda män rustade till strid, 40 000,
37 och från andra sidan Jordan, av rubeniterna, gaditerna och andra hälften av Manasse stam, 120 000, rustade till strid med alla slags vapen.
38 Alla dessa krigsmän kom till Hebron, beredda till strid, fast beslutna att göra David till kung över hela Israel. Hela det övriga Israel var också enigt i att göra David till kung. 39 De var där hos David i tre dagar och åt och drack, för deras bröder hade försett dem med livsmedel. 40 De som bodde närmast dem, ända upp till Isaskar, Sebulon och Naftali, förde också till dem på åsnor, kameler, mulåsnor och oxar livsmedel i mängd till föda: mjöl, fikonkakor och russinkakor, vin och olja, kor och får. Det rådde glädje i Israel.
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