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1 Chronicles 12:8-40

8And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the hold in the wilderness, mightymenH1121of valour,menH1121trained for war, that could handle shield and spear;whoseH1121faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

9Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third;

10Mishmannah the fourth; Jeremiah the fifth;

11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh;

12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth;

13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

14These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to an hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.

15TheseH428are they that went over Jordan in thefirstH259month, when it had overflownallH259its banks; and they put to flightallH259them of the valleys, bothtowardH259the east, andtowardH259the west.

16And therecameלַמִּזְרָ֖חla.miz.RachH4217of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

17AndDavidH1732wentH935outH4480to meet them, andansweredH935and said unto them,IfH1121ye becomeH935peaceably untomeH4480to helpmeH4480,mineH4480heart shall be knit untoyouעַד־'ad-H5704: butifH1121ye becomeH935to betraymeH4480tomineH4480adversaries, seeing there isnoH4480wrong inmineH4480hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

18Then the spiritcameבָּאתֶ֤םba.TemH935uponעֲלֵיכֶ֛ם'a.lei.KhemH5921Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Thine areweH518,DavidH1732, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:peaceH7965,peaceH7965be unto thee, andpeaceH7965be to thinehelpersH5826; for thyGodH430helpeth thee. ThenDavidH1732receivedH935them, andmadeיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961them captains of the band.

19Of Manasseh also there fellawayH5973some toDavidH1732, when hecameH3847with the PhilistinesagainstH5973Saul to battle, but theyhelpedH5826themnotH1732: for the lords of the PhilistinesuponH3847advisementsentH5414himawayH5973, saying, He will fallawayH5973to hismasterH5414Saul to the jeopardy of ourheadsH7218.

20As hewentבְּבֹא֨וֹbe.vo.'OH935to Ziklag, therefellH5307to him ofManassehH4519, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai,captainsH7218of thousands that were ofManassehH4519.

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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