1 Chr 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
1 Chr 12:13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
1 Chr 12:14 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.
1 Chr 12:15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
1 Chr 12:16 ¶ Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
1 Chr 12:17 David went out to meet them, and said to them, "If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide."
1 Chr 12:18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, And with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, And peace to him who helps you; Indeed, your God helps you!" Then David received them and made them captains of the band.
1 Chr 12:19 ¶ From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, "At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul."
1 Chr 12:20 As he went to Ziklag there defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.
1 Chr 12:21 They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.
1 Chr 12:22 For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army of God.
1 Chr 12:23 ¶ Now these are the numbers of the divisions equipped for war, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
1 Chr 12:24 The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for war.
1 Chr 12:25 Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100.
1 Chr 12:26 Of the sons of Levi 4,600.
1 Chr 12:27 Now Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were 3,700,
1 Chr 12:28 also Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.
1 Chr 12:29 Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
1 Chr 12:30 Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' households.
1 Chr 12:31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.