1 Chronicles 12:23–40

Supporters Gathered at Hebron

²³Now these are the numbers of the ¹divisions equipped for war, ^awho came to David at Hebron, ^bto turn the kingdom of Saul to him, ^caccording to the ²word of the Lord.

²⁴The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for war.

²⁵Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100.

²⁶Of the sons of Levi 4,600.

²⁷Now Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were 3,700,

²⁸also ^aZadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.

²⁹Of the sons of Benjamin, ^aSaul’s kinsmen, 3,000; for until now ^bthe greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

³⁰Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ households.

³¹Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

³²Of the sons of Issachar, ^amen who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

³³Of Zebulun, there were 50,000 who went out in the army, who could draw up in battle formation with all kinds of weapons of war and helped David ¹with ^aan undivided heart.

³⁴Of Naphtali there were 1,000 captains, and with them 37,000 with shield and spear.

³⁵Of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, there were 28,600.

³⁶Of Asher there were 40,000 who went out in the army to draw up in battle formation.

³⁷From the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 with all kinds of weapons of war for the battle.

³⁸All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with ^aa perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king.

³⁹They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.

⁴⁰Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, ^abrought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.