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the seventh,
12
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
14
These
were
of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least
was
over an hundred, and
the greatest over a thousand.
15
These
are
they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it
had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all
them
of the valleys,
both
toward the east, and
toward the west.
16
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably
unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if
ye be come
to betray me to mine
enemies, seeing
there is
no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look
thereon,
and rebuke
it.
18
Then the spirit came upon Amasai,
who was
chief of the captains,
and he said,
Thine
are we,
David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace
be
unto thee, and peace
be
to thine helpers;
for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
19
And
there fell
some
of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but
they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He
will fall to his master Saul to
the jeopardy of
our heads.
20
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him
of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,
captains of the thousands that
were
of Manasseh.
21
And they helped David against the band
of the
rovers:
for they
were
all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22
For at
that
time
day by day there came to David to help him, until
it was
a great host, like the host of God.
23
And these
are
the numbers of the bands
that were
ready armed to the war,
and
came to David
to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the L
ORD
.
24
The children
of Judah that bare shield and spear
were
six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
26
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27
And Jehoiada
was
the leader of the
Aaronites, and with him
were
three thousand and seven hundred;
28
And Zadok, a young man
mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
29
And of the children of
Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the
ward of the house of Saul.
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And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred,
mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31
And of the half tribe of
Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
32
And
of the children of Issachar,
which were men
that had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do; the heads of them
were
two hundred; and all their brethren
were
at their
commandment.
33
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of
war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank:
they were
not of double heart.
34
And of Naphtali a
thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
35
And of the
Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
36
And of Asher, such as went
forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
37
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the
battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with
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