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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warriors Join David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin):</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:4 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts the second half of this verse (</span><span class="fq">Jeremiah&#8230; Gederathite</span><span class="ft">) is numbered 12:5, and 12:5-40 is numbered 12:6-41.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ezer was the chief,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David went out to meet them and said to them, &#8220;If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">&#8220;We are yours, David!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">We are with you, son of Jesse!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">Success, success to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">and success to those who help you,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">for your God will help you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, &#8220;It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a great and mighty army</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Others Join David at Hebron</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul&#8217;s kingdom over to him, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">from Judah, carrying shield and spear&#8212;6,800 armed for battle;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">from Simeon, warriors ready for battle&#8212;7,100;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">from Levi&#8212;4,600, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.12.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Saul&#8217;s tribe&#8212;3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul&#8217;s house until then;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.12.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">from Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans&#8212;20,800;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.12.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king&#8212;18,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.12.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do&#8212;200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.12.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty&#8212;50,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.12.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">from Naphtali&#8212;1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.12.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">from Dan, ready for battle&#8212;28,600;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.12.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle&#8212;40,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.12.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon&#8212;120,000.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.12.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.</span></span></div>
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