1 Chronicles 12
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1 Chronicles 12:23-37

23The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the Lord’s word, were as follows:

24From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.

25From the Simeonites: 7,100 valiant warriors ready for war.

26From the Levites: 4,600

27in addition to Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men;

28and Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his ancestral family.

29From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).

30From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.

31From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

32From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.

33From Zebulun: 50,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, with one purpose to help David.

34From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.

35From the Danites: 28,600 trained for battle.

36From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.

37From across the Jordan — from the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men equipped with all the military weapons of war.

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