1 Chronicles 12:23–40

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, ⁿaccording to the Lord’s word, ^owere as follows:

²⁴From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.

²⁵From the Simeonites: 7,100 brave 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, ^pa young brave warrior, with 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.

²⁹From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: ^q3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).

³⁰From the Ephraimites: 20,800 brave warriors who were famous men in their ancestral houses.

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

³²From the Issacharites, who understood the times ^rand 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 ^sto help David. ^t

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.

³⁸All these warriors, lined up in battle formation, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel was also of one mind to make David king. ^u39They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them. ⁴⁰In addition, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came and brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, oxen, and sheep. ^vIndeed, there was joy in Israel.