1 Chronicles 12
Lexham English Bible
David and His Mighty Men at Ziklag
12 Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag while he was still shut up because of Saul,[a] the son of Kish. And they were the mighty warriors helping with the war. 2 They were armed with the bow, able to shoot right-handed or left-handed, slinging stones or shooting arrows with the bow; they were kinsmen of Saul from Benjamin. 3 The leader was Ahiezer, then Jehoash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeonite; Jeiel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite; 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the thirty who was over the thirty;[b] Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite; 5 [c] Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Hariphite; 6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam the Korahites; 7 Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham from the Gedor.
8 And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, soldiers fit for war,[d] expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And they had faces like lions[e] and were swift as gazelles upon the mountains. 9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third, 10 Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth, 11 Attai sixth, Eliel seventh, 12 Jehonan eighth, Elzabad ninth, 13 Jeremiah tenth, Macbannai eleventh. 14 These were the sons of Gad, leaders of the army. The smallest one was as a hundred, and the greatest as a thousand. 15 These were they who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was filled over its banks. And they put to flight all who were in the valley to the east and to the west.
16 And some of the sons of Benjamin and from Judah came to the fortress, to David. 17 And David went out to meet them[f] and answered and said to them, “If you come in peace to me, to help me, my heart will be joined with you,[g] but if you come to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong on my hands, may the God of our fathers see and pass judgment.” 18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the thirty who said:
“We are yours, O David!
And we are with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace! Peace to you, and peace to those who help you,
for your God helps you.”
So David appointed them as heads of the troops.
19 And some Manassites deserted to David when he came with the Philistines to the battle against Saul, but he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines sent him away upon counsel, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.” 20 When he went to Ziklag some Manassites deserted to him: Adnah, Jehozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, heads of the thousands that were for Manasseh. 21 And they themselves helped David against the troops, for all of them were mighty men of strength and were commanders in the army. 22 Day in and day out[h] they came to David to help him until there was a great army, like the army of God.
23 And these are the numbers of the chiefs of those prepared for the army who came to David at Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him according to the word of Yahweh. 24 The sons of Judah bearing shield and spear: six thousand eight hundred armed troops. 25 From the men of Simeon, mighty warriors of strength for war: seven thousand one hundred. 26 From the Levites: four thousand six hundred. 27 Jehoiada the chief officer of the house of Aaron, and with him, three thousand seven hundred. 28 And Zadok, a young man, a mighty warrior of strength, and the house of his father: twenty-two commanders. 29 From the men of Benjamin, kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, and even still[i] the majority of them remained loyal[j] to the house of Saul. 30 And from the men of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred mighty warriors of strength, famous men in the house of their fathers. 31 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand who were designated by name to come to make David king. 32 And from the men of Issachar: men who were skilled in understanding the times[k] to know what Israel should do. Their chiefs were two hundred, and all their kinsmen were under their command. 33 From Zebulun, those who went out armed, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war: fifty thousand to help David with singleness of purpose.[l] 34 From Naphtali: one thousand commanders; and those with them with shield and spear: thirty-seven thousand. 35 From the Danites, those equipped for battle: twenty-eight thousand six hundred. 36 And from Asher, those who went out armed and prepared for battle: forty thousand. 37 And from beyond the Jordan, from the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all their weapons of war for battle: one hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these were men of war arrayed in battle line with a whole heart.[m] They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel had one heart to make David king. 39 And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen were prepared for them. 40 And also their relatives, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, on camels, on mules, and on oxen—provisions of flour, cakes of figs, raisin cakes, wine and oil, cattle and sheep in abundance, for there was great joy in Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 Literally “of the face of Saul”
- 1 Chronicles 12:4 1 Chronicles 12:5 begins here in the Hebrew Bible
- 1 Chronicles 12:5 1 Chronicles 12:5–40 in the English Bible is 12:6–41 in the Hebrew Bible
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Literally “men of battle for the war”
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Literally “faces of a lion were their faces”
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 Literally “before them”
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 Literally “the heart will be to me to you together”
- 1 Chronicles 12:22 Literally “for to the time of day to the day”
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 Literally “and even they”
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 Literally “keeping the responsibility”
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 Literally “men who knew the understanding of the times”
- 1 Chronicles 12:33 Literally “with not heart and heart”
- 1 Chronicles 12:38 Literally “with heart well”
1 Krönikeboken 12
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Fler ansluter sig till David
12 Här följer namnen på de män som förenade sig med David i Siklag, medan han fortfarande gömde sig för Saul.
2 De var allesammans bågskyttar och kunde använda stenslunga med både vänster och höger hand. De tillhörde alla Benjamins stam, liksom Saul.
3-7 Deras ledare hette Ahieser, Hassemaas son, från Gibea.De övriga var hans bror Joas, Jesuel och Pelet, som var Asmavets söner, Beraka, Jehu från Anatot, Jismaja från Gibeon, en av 'De trettio' och en av deras ledare, Jeremia, Jahasiel, Johanan, gederatiten Josabad, Eleusai, Jerimot, Bealja, Semarja, harufiten Sefatja, koraiterna Elkana, Jissia, Asarel, Joeser och Jasobeam och Joela och Sebadja, söner till Jeroham från Gedor.
8-13 Några gaditer övergick också till David i öknen. De var alla modiga män som kunde hantera sköld och spjut, med en uppsyn som lejon och rörliga som gaseller i bergen.Eser var deras ledare, Obadja var den andre i rang och Eliab den tredje, Masmanna den fjärde, Jeremia den femte, Attai den sjätte, Eliel den sjunde, Johanan den åttonde, Elsabad den nionde, Jeremia den tionde och Makbannai den elfte.
14 Dessa män var officerare. De svagare av dem kunde jämföras med hundra andra, och de starkaste bland dem med tusen.
15 De gick över floden Jordan vid den tid på året när den svämmade över sina bräddar, och de jagade bort alla dem som bodde i dalarna, både på östra och västra stranden.
16 Andra benjaminiter och några från Juda kom också till David.
17 Han gick ut och mötte dem och sa: Om ni har kommit för att hjälpa mig är vi vänner. Men om ni har kommit för att förråda mig till mina fiender fastän jag är oskyldig, då ska våra fäders Gud se det och döma er.
18 Då kom Guds Ande över dem, och Amasai, ledaren för 'De trettio
19 Män från Manasse övergav Israels armé och förenade sig med David, när han skulle strida med filisteerna mot kung Saul. Men filisteernas befälhavare vägrade att låta David och hans män sluta sig till dem. Efter samråd skickade de bort dem, för de var rädda att David och hans män skulle kunna sätta dem i en svår belägenhet om de bytte sida under striden och gick över till Saul.
20 Dessa män från Manasse gick över till David, när han var på väg till Siklag:Adna, Josabad, Jediael, Mikael, Josabad, Elihu och Silletai. Alla dessa hade befälet över enheter på tusen man i Manasse.
21 De var tappra och kunniga, och de hjälpte David när han stred mot rövarband.
22 Dagligen slöt sig män till David så att han till slut hade en stor och mäktig armé.
23 Detta är en förteckning över de antal från de olika stammarna som slöt sig till David i Hebron för att riket skulle övergå till honom från Saul, precis som Herren hade sagt.
24-37 Från Juda: 6.800 man, stridsutrustade med sköld och spjut.Från Simeon: 7.100 stridsutrustade man.Från Levi: 4.600 man med Jojada i spetsen för 3.700 från Arons familj, och Sadok, en modig ung krigare som anförde 22 officerare från sin familj.Från Benjamin, Sauls stam, kom 3.000 man varav de flesta tidigare varit lojala mot Saul.Från Efraim: 20.800 tappra krigare, alla framstående i sina familjer.Från ena hälften av Manasse: 18.000 man, fast beslutna att göra David till kung.Från Isaskar: 200 ledare med sina släktingar, allesammans män som förstod vad tiden krävde och vilken kurs som var den bästa för Israel.Från Sebulon: 50.000 erfarna soldater utrustade med varje tänkbart vapen och fullständigt lojala mot David.Från Naftali: 1.000 officerare och 37.000 man utrustade med sköld och spjut.Från Dan: 28.600 stridsutrustade soldater.Från Aser: 40.000 erfarna och stridsutrustade soldater.Slutligen från andra sidan floden Jordan, där Rubens och Gads stammar och den andra hälften av Manasses stam bodde, kom 120.000 soldater, utrustade med alla slags vapen.
38 Alla dessa män kom till Hebron frivilligt, beredda att kämpa i leden för att göra David till Israels kung. Hela Israel var faktiskt inställt på denna förändring.
39 Männen åt och drack tillsammans med David i tre dagar, för de hade proviant med sig hemifrån,
40 och dessutom förde folk från grannskapet och ända bortifrån Isaskar, Sebulon och Naftali dit mat på åsnor, kameler, mulor och oxar. Mängder av mjöl, fikonkakor, russinkakor, vin, olja, får och boskap fördes dit och hela landets befolkning gladde sig.
1 Chronicles 12
The Voice
12 After David fled from Saul (son of Kish) to the Philistine city of Ziklag, all the tribes of Israel sent warriors to support him in battles. 2 There were especially skilled Benjaminite archers, able to sling stones and shoot arrows from their left hands[a] or from their right hands. 3 Their chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, Jeziel and Pelet (sons of Azmaveth), Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite, 4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior equal to and better than the 30. Then Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite, 5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, the Korahites, 7 Joelah, and Zebadiah (son of Jeroham of Gedor).
All of these Benjaminites recognize David as king, even over their fellow tribesman, Saul.
8 While David was positioned in his wilderness stronghold, mighty Gadite warriors joined him in battle. They fought in wars with spears and shields, with the ferocity of lions and the speed and agility of gazelles. 9 Their chief was Ezer, then Obadiah, 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 the eleventh. 14 They were captains of the army—the weakest of them was worth 100 soldiers, and the greatest of them was worth 1,000.
Large armies such as David’s require many men and complex coordination. In the battlefield, men are lined up according to what weapon they use: Spearmen are in front, protected by their shields and able to fight other spearmen hand-to-hand. Slingers are behind them, able to hoist heavy projectiles over their own spearmen and thin out their opponents’ frontline. Archers are in the back, able to shoot their arrows long distances to attack their opponents’ midline or to infiltrate high battlements. All three are necessary for sieges, but not all military leaders are able to gather so many men of varying skills to their causes. The size and capability of David’s army demonstrates his power and the peoples’ widespread support of him.
15 In the autumn, when the Jordan River overflows its banks, these men crossed the river and conquered its inhabitants, who then fled to the east and the west. 16 Some Benjaminites and Judahites then joined David’s army.
David (to the Benjaminites and Judahites): 17 If you are joining my army because you agree with my rule, then I welcome your help. We will unify the land of Israel as brothers. But if you are joining me as spies for my enemies, even though I have done nothing wrong, then our God, the God of our fathers, will judge your actions.
Amasai, the Chief of the 30 (inspired by the Spirit): 18 We are at your command, David, son of Jesse! May peace reward you and your allies, for your God is your ally.
So David accepted them as warriors and made them captains of the guard.
19a As David requested the aid of his Philistine allies in a battle against Saul, some Manassehites defected from Saul’s army to David’s army.[b] 20 The Manassehites included Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai—all captains of thousands in their tribe. 21 They could help David against attackers because they were all warriors and captains in the army. 22 Every day the numbers of David’s army increased, until it was as great as the army of God—large in number and justified by God’s will. 19b But the Philistines at Ziklag refused to help David.
Philistines at Ziklag (fearfully): David may join Saul’s army and kill us.
23 This is a record of the divisions who joined David at Hebron to defeat Saul and conquer Israel as the Eternal determined.
All twelve tribes of Israel support David’s rule, even the Levites who are exempted from military service.
24 Of Judah 6,800 fought with spears and shields. 25 Of Simeon, 7,100 were warriors. 26 Of Levi 4,600 supported David— 27 Jehoiada led 3,700 of the house of Aaron; 28 Zadok, a young mighty man of valor, led 22 captains of his father’s house. 29 Of Benjamin (Saul’s relatives), only 3,000 followed David because many maintained allegiance to their king, Saul. 30 Of Ephraim 20,800 were famous warriors. 31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 18,000 helped to make David king. 32 Of Issachar (politically savvy men), 200 were chiefs of their own relatives. 33 Of Zebulun 50,000 fought with various weapons and followed David with complete devotion. 34 Of Naphtali 1,000 chiefs led 37,000 who fought with spears and shields. 35 Of Dan 28,600 were skilled at keeping ranks. 36 Of Asher 40,000 joined the ranks of the army able to keep formation. 37 From the other side of the Jordan, 120,000 of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh fought with various weapons. 38 All these warriors came to Hebron wholeheartedly to support King David as he ascended to the throne of Israel. All others living in Israel recognized David’s right to rule, 39 and they celebrated with David three days with the food and drink their relatives had prepared for them. 40 Their kinsmen and the neighboring tribes (even as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali) brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—large amounts of flour cakes, fig cakes, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep. All of Israel rejoiced.
Footnotes
- 12:2 Judges 20:16
- 12:19 The remainder of verse 19 has been moved to follow verse 22 to help in understanding the flow of the passage.
1 Chronicles 12
King James Version
12 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon 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, Machbanai the eleventh.
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.
24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
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