³ And David brought up ^(A)his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.

The Mighty Men Join David

12 ^(A)Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war. ² They ^(B)were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the ^(C)left hand; they were Benjaminites, ^(D)Saul's kinsmen. ³ The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of ^(E)Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of ^(F)Anathoth, ⁴ Ishmaiah of ^(G)Gibeon, a mighty man 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 ^(H)Korahites; ⁷ And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

David's Wives Are Captured

30 Now when David and his men came to ^(A)Ziklag on the third day, ^(B)the Amalekites had ^(C)made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire

² So David arose and went over, he and ^(A)the six hundred men who were with him, ^(B)to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. ³ And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with ^(C)his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.

⁹ So David set out, and ^(A)the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed. ¹⁰ But David pursued, he and four hundred men. ^(B)Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.

^2 (A)And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul,^[a] gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him ^(B)about four hundred men.

^11 (A)They gave them ^(B)Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, ^(C)in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it. ¹² But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.