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1 Chronicles 12

First Chronicles 12 gathers the stories and lists of warriors who came to David from many tribes. Some joined him while Saul still hunted him; others came at Ziklag; and vast numbers later assembled at Hebron. The chapter climaxes in national unity: men with understanding, skill, and a loyal heart come to make David king, and Israel celebrates together.

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First Chronicles 12 gathers the stories and lists of warriors who came to David from many tribes. Some joined him while Saul still hunted him; others came at Ziklag; and vast numbers later assembled at Hebron. The chapter climaxes in national unity: men with understanding, skill, and a loyal heart come to make David king, and Israel celebrates together.

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Verses 1–7Benjamite warriors join David while he is at ZiklagVerses 8–15Mighty Gadites cross Jordan and join DavidVerses 16–22Men from Benjamin, Judah, and Manasseh pledge themselves to DavidVerses 23–37Armed men from every tribe gather at Hebron to make David kingVerses 38–40Israel is united in making David king and celebrates together
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1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag,…2They were armed with bows, and could use both the…3The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah…4And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty,…5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the…6Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the…7And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.8And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into…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…15These are they that went over Jordan in the first…16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah…17And David went out to meet them, and answered and…18Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of…19And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he…20As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of…21And they helped David against the band of the rovers:…22For at that time day by day there came to…23And these are the numbers of the bands that were…24The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were…25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for…26Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.27And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with…28And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of…29And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul,…30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight…31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which…32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that…33Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in…34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with…35And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight…36And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert…37And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites,…38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came…39And there they were with David three days, eating and…40Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and…