nearby tribes of Judah and Benjamin contribute relatively modest support, the most distant northern and Transjordanian tribes send huge contingents: compare 6,800 troops from Judah and 3,000 from Benjamin with 120,000 from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, or 28,600 from distant Dan. In this way, Chronicles emphasizes the support of all Israel for David. Far from holding back their loyalty, the northern tribes demonstrate even more enthusiasm for David than his own tribe! Chronicles does