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1 Chronicles 12:2 (NIV)
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):
1 Chronicles 12:3 (NIV)
Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite,
1 Chronicles 12:4 (NIV)
and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
1 Chronicles 12:5 (NIV)
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
1 Chronicles 12:6 (NIV)
Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites;
1 Chronicles 12:7 (NIV)
and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
1 Chronicles 12:8 (NIV)
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.
1 Chronicles 12:9 (NIV)
Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles 12:10 (NIV)
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
1 Chronicles 12:11 (NIV)
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
1 Chronicles 12:12 (NIV)
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
1 Chronicles 12:13 (NIV)
Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh.
1 Chronicles 12:14 (NIV)
These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:15 (NIV)
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.
1 Chronicles 12:16 (NIV)
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
1 Chronicles 12:17 (NIV)
David went out to meet them and said to them, “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.”
1 Chronicles 12:18 (NIV)
Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.
1 Chronicles 12:19 (NIV)
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, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)
1 Chronicles 12:20 (NIV)
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.
1 Chronicles 12:21 (NIV)
They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army.
1 Chronicles 12:22 (NIV)
Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
1 Chronicles 12:23 (NIV)
These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the Lord had said:
1 Chronicles 12:24 (NIV)
from Judah, carrying shield and spear—6,800 armed for battle;
1 Chronicles 12:25 (NIV)
from Simeon, warriors ready for battle—7,100;
1 Chronicles 12:26 (NIV)
from Levi—4,600,