1 Chronicles 12:1–22

^*Now ^athese are they that came to David to Ziklag, ^†while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. ²They were ^barmed with bows, and could use both the right hand and ^cthe left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. ³The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of ^||Shemaah the ^dGibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the ^eAntothite, ⁴And Ismaiah the ^fGibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the ^gGederathite, ⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, ⁶Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the ^hKorhites, ⁷And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of ⁱGedor. ⁸And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men ^†of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and ^jbuckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and ^kwere ^†as swift as the roes upon the mountains; ⁹Ezer the first, 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, Machbanai the eleventh. ¹⁴These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: ^||one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. ¹⁵These are they that went over Jordan in ^lthe 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. ¹⁶And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. ¹⁷And David went out ^†to meet them, and ^manswered 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 ⁿrebuke it. ¹⁸Then ^†the spirit came upon ^oAmasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said,

Thine are we, David,

And on thy side, thou son of Jesse:

^pPeace, 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, ^qwhen 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. ²⁰As 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. ²¹And they helped David ^||against ^rthe band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. ²²For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host ^sof God.