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1 Chronicles 12:21-40

21And they helped DavidagainstH5921thebandH7218of rovers: for they wereallהָאֲלָפִ֖יםha.'a.la.FimH505mightymenH7218of valour, and werecaptainsH7218in the host.

22For from day to day therecameוַיִּהְי֥וּvai.yih.YuH1961toDavidH1732tohelpH5826him,untilH5921it was agreatגִבּ֥וֹרֵיgi.Bo.reiH1368hostH6635, like thehostH6635of God.

23And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, whichcameH935toDavidH1732to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,accordingH5921to the word of the LORD.

24The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred,armedH2502forwarH6635.

25Of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Simeon, mightymenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of valour for thewarH6635, seventhousandH505and onehundredH3967.

26Of thechildrenH1121of Levi fourthousandH505and sixhundredH3967.

27And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him werethreeאַרְבַּ֥עַת'ar.Ba.'atH702thousandH505and sevenhundredH3967;

28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty andtwoמֵאֽוֹת׃ סme.'otH3967captains.

29And of thechildrenנַ֖עַרNa.'arH5288of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to thehouseH1004of Saul.

30And of thechildrenH1121of Ephraim twentythousandH505and eight hundred, mightymenH1121of valour, famousmenH1121in their fathers’housesH1004.

31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteenthousandH505,whichלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004were expressed bynameבְּשֵׁמ֔וֹתbe.she.MotH8034, to come andmakeשֵׁמ֖וֹתshe.MotH8034David king.

32And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to knowwhatאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834Israel ought todoלָב֖וֹאla.Vo'H935; the heads of them weretwoוּמֵחֲצִי֙u.me.cha.TziH2677hundred; andallאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505their brethren were at their commandment.

33Of Zebulun,suchבְּכָל־be.kholH3605as were able to gooutיוֹדְעֵ֤יyod.'EiH3045in the host, thatcouldH4100setיַּעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213the battle in array, withallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand; and thatcouldH4100order the battle array, and werenotלָדַ֖עַתla.Da.'atH3045of double heart.

34And of Naphtali athousandH505captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seventhousandH505.

35And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eightthousandH505and six hundred.

36And of Asher, such as were able to gooutוּמִן־u.min-H4480in the host, that could set thebattleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421inarrayמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421, fortythousandH505.

37And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, withallאָֽלֶף׃ ס'A.lefH505manner of instruments ofwarמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421for thebattleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421, an hundred and twentythousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505.

38AllH3605theseH3605, beingmenH3605ofwarמִלְחָמָה֮mil.cha.MahH4421, that could order thebattleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421arrayצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king overallH3605IsraelH4421: andallH3605the rest also ofIsraelH4421were of one heart to make David king.

39And they were there withDavidH1732three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren hadmadeH3605preparation for them.

40MoreoverH1961they that were nigh unto them,evenH3588as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali,broughtH1961bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victual of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel:

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