1 Chronicles 12:23–37

DAVID’S SOLDIERS IN HEBRON

²³The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him,^j according to the Lord’s word,^k 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,^l a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his father’s family.^A

²⁹From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul:^m 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.^B

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

³²From the Issacharites, who understood the timesⁿ 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^o to help David.^C

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.