1 Chronicles 12:23-40
International Standard Version
David’s Army at Hebron
23 What follows is a listing of the divisions of battle-ready troops who joined David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, in accordance with what the Lord had spoken. 24 The army of Judah, equipped with both shields and spears, numbered 6,800 warriors, 25 the elite warriors of Simeon numbered 7,100, 26 and the descendants of Levi numbered 4,600.
27 Jehoiada, a senior officer[a] in the house of Aaron, brought[b] with him 3,700. 28 Zadok, a young and valiant soldier, brought 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.
29 The tribe of[c] Benjamin, relatives of Saul numbered 3,000, of whom most had remained allied to what remained of[d] Saul’s dynasty.
30 The tribe of Ephraim supplied[e] 20,800 valiant soldiers who were well known in their ancestral households.
31 The half-tribe of Manasseh supplied 18,000, who had been appointed specifically to come and establish David as king.
32 The tribe of Issachar supplied 200 leaders, along with all of their relatives under their command. They kept up-to-date in their understanding of the times and knew what Israel should do.
33 The tribe of Zebulun supplied 50,000 experienced troops, trained in the use of every kind of war weapon, in order to help David[f] with undivided loyalty.
34 The tribe of Naphtali supplied 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 troops armed with shields and spears.
35 The tribe of Dan supplied 28,600 battle-ready troops.
36 The tribe of Asher supplied 40,000 experienced, battle-ready troops.
37 The tribes of Reuben and Gad, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh east of[g] the Jordan supplied 120,000 men armed with every kind of war weapon.
38 All these warriors arrived in battle order at Hebron, fully intending to establish David as king over all Israel. Furthermore, all of the rest of Israel were united in their intent to make David king. 39 They spent three days eating and drinking with David, since their relatives had supplied provisions for them.
40 Their neighbors came from as far away as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, bringing provisions loaded on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought[h] abundant provisions of meal, fig bars, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, because there was joy in Israel.
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- 1 Chronicles 12:27 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority
- 1 Chronicles 12:27 The Heb. lacks brought; and so throughout the chapter
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 The Heb. lacks The tribe of; and so throughout the chapter
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 The Heb. lacks what remained of
- 1 Chronicles 12:30 The Heb. lacks supplied; and so throughout the chapter
- 1 Chronicles 12:33 So LXX. The Heb. lacks David
- 1 Chronicles 12:37 Lit. Manasseh beyond
- 1 Chronicles 12:40 The Heb. lacks They brought
1 Chronicles 12:23-40
Lexham English Bible
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[a] the majority of them remained loyal[b] 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[c] 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.[d] 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.[e] 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.
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- 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”
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