1 Chronicles 12:23–37

List of David’s Forces

²³When David was at Hebron, many trained soldiers joined his army to help make him king in place of Saul, as the Lord had promised. Their numbers were as follows:

²⁴Judah: 6,800 well-equipped men, armed with shields and spears;

²⁵Simeon: 7,100 well-trained men;

²⁶Levi: 4,600 men;

²⁷Followers of Jehoiada, descendant of Aaron: 3,700 men;

²⁸Relatives of Zadok, an able young fighter: 22 leading men;

²⁹Benjamin (Saul’s own tribe): 3,000 men (most of the people of Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul);

³⁰Ephraim: 20,800 men famous in their own clans;

³¹West Manasseh: 18,000 men chosen to go and make David king;

³²Issachar: 200 leaders, together with the men under their command (these leaders knew what Israel should do and the best time to do it);

³³Zebulun: 50,000 loyal and reliable men ready to fight, trained to use all kinds of weapons;

³⁴Naphtali: 1,000 leaders, together with 37,000 men armed with shields and spears;

³⁵Dan: 28,600 trained men;

³⁶Asher: 40,000 men ready for battle;

³⁷Tribes east of the Jordan—Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh: 120,000 men trained to use all kinds of weapons.