Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag while he was a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish. They were among the mighty men, his helpers in war. 1Sa 27:2-61Ch 11:101Ch 11:191Ch 11:24-251Ch 8:331Ch 9:392Sa 1:12Sa 4:10 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin. Jdg 20:16Jdg 3:151Ch 12:291Sa 17:49 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite; 1Ch 11:281Ch 11:331Sa 11:42Sa 21:6 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader of the thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite; Jos 15:36Jos 9:31Ch 11:15Jos 9:17-23 Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Haruphite; Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites; and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. Jos 15:581Ch 4:181Ch 4:39
Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains: 2Sa 2:182Sa 17:102Sa 23:201Ch 11:161Ch 11:221Ch 12:161Sa 23:141Sa 23:29 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army. He who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand. Deu 32:30Lev 26:8 These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all who lived in the valleys, both toward the east and toward the west. Jos 3:15Jos 4:18Jer 12:5Jer 49:19
Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.” 1Pe 2:23Jud 1:91Co 1:101Ki 2:131Sa 16:41Sa 18:11Sa 18:31Sa 24:11-17 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them captains of the band. Jdg 6:34Jdg 3:102Sa 17:25Jhn 6:67-68Rut 1:161Ch 2:171Ki 9:222Ki 10:5
Some of Manasseh also joined David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they didn’t help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.” 1Sa 29:2-9
As he went to Ziklag, some from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh. 1Sa 29:11Deu 1:15Deu 33:17Exo 18:21 They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were captains in the army. 1Ch 11:101Ch 11:21-221Ch 12:201Ch 5:241Sa 30:1-17 For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like God’s army. 2Sa 3:1Job 17:9Gen 32:2Jos 5:142Sa 2:2-4Psa 148:2
These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the LORD’s word. 1Ch 11:102Sa 2:3-41Sa 16:11Sa 16:3Psa 89:19-201Ch 10:141Sa 16:12-132Sa 3:18 The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war. Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war: seven thousand one hundred. Of the children of Levi: four thousand six hundred. Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand seven hundred, 1Ch 27:171Ch 6:49-571Ch 9:202Ki 11:42Ki 11:92Ki 25:18 and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains. 1Ch 6:82Sa 8:171Ch 6:531Ki 1:81Ki 2:35Ezk 44:15 Of the children of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand, for until then, the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house. 2Sa 2:8-91Ch 12:2Gen 31:23 Of the children of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses. Gen 6:4 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king. Jos 17:1-18 Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command. Eph 5:17Est 1:13Luk 12:56-57Isa 33:6Pro 14:8Ecc 7:19Mat 16:3Isa 22:12-14 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array with all kinds of instruments of war: fifty thousand who could command and were not of double heart. Psa 12:2Jhn 1:47 Of Naphtali: one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand. Of the Danites who could set the battle in array: twenty-eight thousand six hundred. Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array: forty thousand. 1Ch 12:33Jol 2:7 On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle: one hundred twenty thousand. 1Ch 5:1-10Deu 3:12-16Jos 13:7-32Jos 14:3Jos 22:1-10Num 32:33-42
All these were men of war who could order the battle array, and 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. Gen 49:8-101Ki 8:612Ch 30:12Ezk 11:19Psa 110:31Ch 12:17-181Ch 12:331Ki 11:4 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had supplied provisions for them. 2Sa 6:19Gen 26:302Sa 19:42Gen 31:54 Moreover those who were near to them, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, on camels, on mules, and on oxen: supplies of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, cattle, and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel. 1Sa 25:182Sa 16:1Pro 11:10Pro 29:21Ki 1:402Ki 11:202Sa 17:27-29Jer 23:5-6