1 Chroniques 12
La Bible du Semeur
Les premiers partisans de David
12 Voici ensuite les hommes qui rejoignirent David à Tsiqlag[a], quand il était encore obligé de se tenir loin de Saül, fils de Qish. C’étaient des guerriers qui lui prêtèrent main-forte dans les combats. 2 Ils étaient armés d’arcs et savaient se servir indifféremment de la main droite ou de la main gauche pour lancer des pierres, ou tirer des flèches de leur arc. Ils appartenaient à la même tribu que Saül : celle de Benjamin. 3 Leur chef était Ahiézer. C’étaient Joas, fils de Shemaa, de Guibéa, Yeziel et Péleth, fils d’Azmaveth, Beraka, Jéhu, d’Anatoth, 4 Yishmaya, de Gabaon, un guerrier faisant partie du groupe des trente et un chef de ce groupe, 5 Jérémie, Yahaziel, Yohanân, Yozabad, de Guedéra, 6 Elouzaï, Yerimoth, Bealia, Shemaria, Shephatia, de Haroph, 7 Elqana, Yishiya, Azaréel, Yoézer et Yashobeam, des Qoréites, 8 Yoéla et Zebadia, fils de Yeroham, de Guedor.
9 Des membres de la tribu de Gad quittèrent Saül pour rejoindre David dans son fortin du désert[b]. C’étaient de valeureux guerriers, des soldats exercés au combat, sachant manier le bouclier et la lance. Ils étaient aussi braves que des lions et aussi rapides que des gazelles sur la montagne. 10 Ezer était leur chef, puis il y avait Abdias, le deuxième, Eliab, le troisième 11 Mishmanna, le quatrième, Jérémie, le cinquième, 12 Attaï, le sixième, Eliel, le septième, 13 Yohanân, le huitième, Elzabad, le neuvième, 14 Jérémie, le dixième, et Makbannaï, le onzième. 15 Ces membres de la tribu de Gad étaient tous des chefs militaires. Le moindre d’entre eux était capable de se battre contre cent hommes et le meilleur contre mille.
16 Ce sont eux qui traversèrent le Jourdain le premier mois[c] de l’année, à l’époque où il déborde sur toutes ses rives, et qui mirent en fuite tous les habitants des vallées latérales, à l’est comme à l’ouest.
17 Des hommes des tribus de Benjamin et de Juda rejoignirent aussi David dans son refuge fortifié. 18 David sortit au-devant d’eux. Il prit la parole et leur dit : Si vous venez me trouver dans des intentions pacifiques, pour m’aider, nous serons alliés, vous et moi. Mais si c’est pour me trahir et me livrer à mes ennemis, alors que je n’ai commis aucun acte de violence, que le Dieu de nos ancêtres en soit témoin et qu’il juge.
19 Alors l’Esprit de Dieu s’empara d’Amasaï, le chef du groupe des trente, qui s’écria :
Nous sommes avec toi, ╵David, fils d’Isaï, ╵oui, nous sommes de ton côté.
Que la paix te soit assurée, ╵une parfaite paix,
ainsi qu’à ceux qui te soutiennent ╵car ton Dieu te soutient !
David les accueillit et en fit des chefs de ses troupes.
20 Des hommes de la tribu de Manassé se rallièrent à David, lorsqu’il vint avec les Philistins au combat contre Saül. En fait, David et ses hommes ne se joignirent pas aux Philistins, car les princes philistins les renvoyèrent après s’être consultés. Ils se disaient en effet : David risque de passer du côté de son ancien souverain Saül, et de nous livrer en son pouvoir[d].
21 C’est quand il partit pour revenir à Tsiqlag que des gens de Manassé se rallièrent à lui : Adnah, Yozabad, Yediaël, Michaël, Yozabad, Elihou et Tsiltaï. Chacun d’eux était chef de « milliers » dans la tribu de Manassé. 22 Ce fut un sérieux renfort pour David et ses troupes, car c’étaient tous de valeureux guerriers et ils devinrent des chefs dans l’armée. 23 Journellement, des hommes venaient se joindre à David pour le soutenir, si bien que son armée devint bientôt immense ; c’était comme l’armée de Dieu[e].
L’armée de David s’agrandit
24 Voici le nombre des soldats et de leurs chefs, équipés pour faire campagne, qui rejoignirent David à Hébron pour lui transférer la royauté de Saül, comme l’Eternel l’avait déclaré :
25 De la tribu de Juda, 6 800 hommes vinrent le rejoindre, ils étaient tous armés de boucliers et de lances et équipés pour la guerre.
26 De la tribu de Siméon, 7 100 valeureux guerriers prêts à combattre. 27 De la tribu de Lévi, 4 600 hommes 28 ainsi que Yehoyada, le chef des descendants d’Aaron[f], qui était accompagné de 3 700 hommes. 29 Tsadoq était un jeune homme de valeur dont le groupe familial comptait vingt-deux chefs.
30 Des membres de la tribu de Benjamin, la tribu de Saül, il y en avait trois mille, dont la plupart étaient jusqu’alors attachés au service de la maison de Saül.
31 De la tribu d’Ephraïm étaient venus 20 800 valeureux guerriers, tous des hommes renommés dans leurs groupes familiaux.
32 De la tribu de Manassé, 18 000 hommes furent nommément désignés pour aller proclamer David roi.
33 De la tribu d’Issacar, 200 chefs vinrent avec les hommes de leur tribu qui étaient sous leurs ordres. C’étaient des gens qui savaient discerner comment Israël devait agir en fonction des circonstances. 34 De la tribu de Zabulon, 50 000 hommes, bien entraînés et parfaitement équipés de toutes les armes de guerre. Ils étaient prêts à combattre d’un cœur résolu.
35 De la tribu de Nephtali arrivèrent mille officiers accompagnés de 37 000 hommes armés de boucliers et de lances.
36 De la tribu de Dan, 28 600 hommes prêts au combat.
37 D’Aser, 40 000 hommes entraînés à la guerre et prêts à combattre.
38 Des tribus installées à l’est du Jourdain, c’est-à-dire de Ruben, de Gad et de l’autre demi-tribu de Manassé, vinrent 120 000 hommes équipés de toutes les armes de combat.
39 Tous ces hommes de guerre vinrent à Hébron en ordre de bataille, d’un cœur sans partage, pour proclamer David roi de tout Israël. Tous les autres Israélites étaient également unanimes pour conférer la royauté à David. 40 Ils passèrent là trois jours avec David, mangeant et buvant ce que leurs compatriotes leur avaient préparé.
41 Les gens de tous les environs, jusqu’à ceux des tribus d’Issacar, de Zabulon et de Nephtali, apportaient des vivres sur des ânes, des chameaux, des mulets et des bœufs : de la farine, des paquets de figues sèches et de raisins secs, du vin, de l’huile, des bœufs et des moutons en quantités, car la joie régnait en Israël.
Footnotes
- 12.1 Voir 1 S 27.6 ; Jos 15.31 ; 19.5 ; 1 Ch 4.30. A quelque 50 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Jérusalem.
- 12.9 Au désert de Juda, dans la caverne d’Adoullam (1 S 22.1-2) où David avait séjourné avant de se rendre chez les Philistins (1 S 23.14 ; 24.1, 23).
- 12.16 Mois de Nisân (mars-avril) où le Jourdain est en crue par suite de la fonte des neiges sur l’Hermon.
- 12.20 Voir 1 S 29.1-5.
- 12.23 Autre traduction : une armée formidable.
- 12.28 Abiatar était grand-prêtre et Yehoyada était le chef militaire des descendants d’Aaron ; Benaya (11.22), le chef des gardes du corps de David, puis le général en chef de Salomon, était le fils de Yehoyada.
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
1 Chronicles 12
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
David’s First Supporters
12 The following were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banned from the presence of Saul son of Kish.(A) They were among the warriors who helped him in battle. 2 They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow.(B) They were Saul’s relatives(C) from Benjamin:
3 Their chief was Ahiezer son of Shemaah the Gibeathite.
Then there was his brother Joash;
Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth;
Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite;
4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty;
Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite;
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
8 Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.(D)
9 Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,
10 Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,
11 Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,
12 Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,
13 Jeremiah tenth, and Machbannai eleventh.
14 These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.(E) 15 These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month[a] when it was overflowing all its banks,(F) and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.
16 Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.(G) 17 David went out to meet them and said to them, ‘If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.’
18 Then the Spirit enveloped[b](H) Amasai,(I) chief of the Thirty, and he said:
We are yours, David,
we are with you, son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to him who helps you,(J)
for your God helps you.
So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
19 Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent David away after a discussion. They said, ‘It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul.’(K) 20 When David went to Ziklag, some men from Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh. 21 They helped David against the raiders,(L) for they were all valiant warriors and commanders in the army. 22 At that time, men came day after day to help David until there was a great army, like an army of God.[c](M)
David’s Soldiers in Hebron
23 The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him,(N) according to the Lord’s word,(O) were as follows:
24 From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
25 From the Simeonites: 7,100 valiant warriors ready for war.
26 From the Levites: 4,600 27 in addition to Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men; 28 and Zadok,(P) a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his ancestral family.[d]
29 From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul:(Q) 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.[e]
31 From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
32 From the Issacharites, who understood the times(R) and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.
33 From Zebulun: 50,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, with one purpose(S) to help David.[f]
34 From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
35 From the Danites: 28,600 trained for battle.
36 From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.
37 From across the Jordan – from the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men equipped with all the military weapons of war.
38 All these warriors, lined up in battle formation, came to Hebron wholeheartedly determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel was also of one mind to make David king.(T) 39 They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them. 40 In addition, their neighbours from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came and brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen – abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, herds, and flocks.(U) Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 12
Expanded Bible
Warriors Join David
12 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag when David was ·hiding [banished; kept away] from Saul son of Kish. They were among the ·warriors [champions] who helped David in battle. 2 They ·came [were armed/equipped] with bows for weapons and could use either their right or left hands to shoot arrows or to sling rocks. They were Saul’s relatives from the tribe of Benjamin. 3 Ahiezer was their ·leader [chief], and there was Joash. (Ahiezer and Joash were sons of Shemaah, who was from the town of Gibeah.) There were also Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth. There were Beracah and Jehu from the town of Anathoth. 4 And there was Ishmaiah from the town of Gibeon; he was one of the Thirty. In fact, he was the leader of the Thirty. There were Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah. 5 There were Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, and Shemariah. There was Shephatiah from Haruph. 6 There were Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam from the ·family group of Korah [L Korahites]. 7 And there were Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham, from the town of Gedor.
8 Part of the people of Gad joined David at his stronghold in the ·desert [wilderness]. They were ·brave warriors [L mighty men of valor] trained for war and ·skilled [expert] with shields and spears. They ·were as fierce as [L had faces of] lions and as ·fast [swift; or nimble] as gazelles over the hills.
9 Ezer was the leader of Gad’s army, and Obadiah was second in command. Eliab was third, 10 Mishmannah was fourth, Jeremiah was fifth, 11 Attai was sixth, Eliel was seventh, 12 Johanan was eighth, Elzabad was ninth, 13 Jeremiah was tenth, and Macbannai was eleventh in command.
14 They were the ·commanders [leaders; captains] of the army from Gad. The least of these leaders ·was in charge of [or was a match for; could take on; L was equal to] a hundred soldiers, and the greatest ·was in charge of [or was a match for; could take on; L was equal to] a thousand. 15 They crossed the Jordan River and ·chased away [drove out; put to flight] the people living in the ·valleys [lowlands], to the east and to the west. This happened in the first month of the year when the Jordan ·floods the valley [was overflowing its banks].
16 ·Other people from the tribes [L Some of the sons] of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at his stronghold. 17 David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, ·I welcome you. Join me. […I am your friend; or we will make an alliance; L my heart will be united with you]. But if you have come to ·turn me over to my enemies [betray me to my adversaries], even though I have ·done nothing wrong [L no violence in my hands], the God of our ·ancestors [L fathers] will see this and ·punish you [L judge/decide].”
18 Then the Spirit ·entered [came upon; L clothed] Amasai, the ·leader [chief] of the Thirty, and he said:
“We ·belong to you [are yours], David.
We are with you, son of Jesse.
·Success, success [Peace and prosperity] to you.
·Success [Peace] to those who help you,
because your God helps you.”
So David ·welcomed [received] these men and made them ·leaders [captains] of his ·army [fighters; raiders].
19 Some of the men from Manasseh also ·joined [defected/deserted to] David when he went with the Philistines to fight Saul. But David and his men did not really help the Philistines. After ·talking about it [consultation], the Philistine leaders decided to send David away. They said, “If David ·goes [defects; deserts] back to his master Saul, ·we will be killed [L it will be our heads].” 20 These are the men from Manasseh who ·joined [defected/deserted to] David when he went to Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them was a ·leader [captain; chief] of a thousand men from Manasseh. 21 All these men of Manasseh were ·brave soldiers [L mighty men of valor], and they helped David fight against ·groups of men who went around the country robbing people [raiding bands]. These soldiers became ·commanders [captains] in David’s army. 22 Every day more men ·joined [came to help] David, and his army became ·large [great], like the army of God.
Others Join David at Hebron
23 These are the numbers of the soldiers ·ready [armed] for battle who ·joined [came to] David at Hebron. They came to help turn the kingdom of Saul over to David, ·just as the Lord had said [L according to the word of the Lord].
24 There were sixty-eight hundred armed ·men from [L descendants/sons of] Judah, carrying shields and spears.
25 There were seventy-one hundred men from Simeon. They were ·warriors [L mighty men of valor] ready for war.
26 There were forty-six hundred ·men from [L descendants/sons of] Levi. 27 Jehoiada, a leader from Aaron’s family, was in that group. There were thirty-seven hundred with him. 28 Zadok was also in that group. He was a ·strong [brave] young warrior, and with him came twenty-two leaders from his ·family [L father’s house].
29 There were three thousand men from Benjamin, who were Saul’s ·relatives [kinsmen; L brothers]. Most of them had ·remained loyal [kept their allegiance] to Saul’s ·family [L house] until then.
30 There were twenty thousand eight hundred ·men from [L sons of] Ephraim. They were brave warriors and were famous men in their ·own family groups [clans].
31 There were eighteen thousand men from ·West [L the half-tribe of] Manasseh. Each one was ·especially chosen [L designated by name] to make David king.
32 There were two hundred leaders from Issachar. They knew what Israel should do, and they ·knew the right time to do it [or understood the times]. Their ·relatives [kinsmen; L brothers] were with them and under their command.
33 There were fifty thousand men from Zebulun. They were ·trained [skilled] soldiers and ·knew how to use [equipped with] every kind of weapon of war. They followed David ·completely [with undivided loyalty/heart].
34 There were one thousand ·officers [commanders; captains] from Naphtali. They had thirty-seven thousand soldiers with them who carried shields and spears.
35 There were twenty-eight thousand six hundred men from Dan, who were ready for ·war [battle].
36 There were forty thousand trained soldiers from Asher, who were ready for ·war [battle].
37 There were one hundred twenty thousand soldiers from the east side of the Jordan River from the people of Reuben, Gad, and ·East [L the half-tribe of] Manasseh. They had every kind of weapon.
38 All these fighting men were ready to go to war. They came to Hebron ·fully agreed [determined; L with a complete/perfect heart] to make David king of all Israel. All the other Israelites also ·agreed [L were of one mind] to make David king. 39 They spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their ·relatives [kinsmen; L brothers] had prepared food for them. 40 Also, their neighbors came from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought much flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, oil, ·cows [oxen; cattle], and sheep, because ·the people of Israel were very happy [there was great joy in Israel].
La Bible Du Semeur (The Bible of the Sower) Copyright © 1992, 1999 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2024 by Holman Bible Publishers.
The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.