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Now these 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 .
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They were armed with bows ,
and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow ,
even of Saul '
s brethren of Benjamin .
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The chief was Ahiezer ,
then Joash ,
the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite ;
and Jeziel ,
and Pelet ,
the sons of Azmaveth ;
and Berachah ,
and Jehu the Antothite ,
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And Ismaiah the Gibeonite ,
a mighty man among the thirty ,
and over the thirty ;
and Jeremiah ,
and Jahaziel ,
and Johanan ,
and Josabad the Gederathite ,
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Eluzai ,
and Jerimoth ,
and Bealiah ,
and Shemariah ,
and Shephatiah the Haruphite ,
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Elkanah ,
and Jesiah ,
and Azareel ,
and Joezer ,
and Jashobeam ,
the Korhites ,
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And Joelah ,
and Zebadiah ,
the sons of Jeroham of Gedor .
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And 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 buckler ,
whose faces were like the faces of lions ,
and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains ;
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Ezer the first ,
Obadiah the second ,
Eliab the third ,
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Mishmannah the fourth ,
Jeremiah the fifth ,
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Attai the sixth ,
Eliel the seventh ,
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Johanan the eighth ,
Elzabad the ninth ,
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Jeremiah the tenth ,
Machbanai the eleventh .
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These were of the sons of Gad ,
captains of the host :
one of the least was over an hundred ,
and the greatest over a thousand .
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These are they that went over Jordan in the 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 .
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And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David .
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And David went out to meet them ,
and answered 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 rebuke it .
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Then the spirit came upon Amasai ,
who was chief of the captains ,
and he said ,
Thine are we ,
David ,
and on thy side ,
thou son of Jesse :
peace ,
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 .
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And there fell some of Manasseh to David ,
when 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 .
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As 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 .
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And they helped David against the band of the rovers :
for they were all mighty men of valour ,
and were captains in the host .
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For at that time day by day there came to David to help him ,
until it was a great host ,
like the host of God .
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And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war ,
and came to David to Hebron ,
to turn the kingdom of Saul to him ,
according to the word of the LORD .
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The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred ,
ready armed to the war .
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Of the children of Simeon ,
mighty men of valour for the war ,
seven thousand and one hundred .
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Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred .
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And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites ,
and with him were three thousand and seven hundred ;
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And Zadok ,
a young man mighty of valour ,
and of his father '
s house twenty and two captains .
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And of the children of Benjamin ,
the kindred of Saul ,
three thousand :
for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul .
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And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred ,
mighty men of valour ,
famous throughout the house of their fathers .
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And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand ,
which were expressed by name ,
to come and make David king .
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And of the children of Issachar ,
which were men that had understanding of the times ,
to know what Israel ought to do ;
the heads of them were two hundred ;
and all their brethren were at their commandment .
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Of Zebulun ,
such as went forth to battle ,
expert in war ,
with all instruments of war ,
fifty thousand ,
which could keep rank :
they were not of double heart .
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And of Naphtali a thousand captains ,
and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand .
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And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred .
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And of Asher ,
such as went forth to battle ,
expert in war ,
forty thousand .
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And on the other side of Jordan ,
of the Reubenites ,
and the Gadites ,
and of the half tribe of Manasseh ,
with all manner of instruments of war for the battle ,
an hundred and twenty thousand .
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All these men of war ,
that could keep rank ,
came with a perfect heart to Hebron ,
to make David king over all Israel :
and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king .
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And there they were with David three days ,
eating and drinking :
for their brethren had prepared for them .
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Moreover they that were nigh them ,
even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali ,
brought bread on asses ,
and on camels ,
and on mules ,
and on oxen ,
and meat ,
meal ,
cakes of figs ,
and bunches of raisins ,
and wine ,
and oil ,
and oxen ,
and sheep abundantly :
for there was joy in Israel .