1 Chronicles Chapter 12
1 Chronicles is the 13th book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains 1 Chronicles 12:1 to 1 Chronicles 12:9.
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1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.
1 Chronicles 12:2
They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 12:3
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite,
1 Chronicles 12:4
and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty. Then Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
1 Chronicles 12:5
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite,
1 Chronicles 12:6
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, the Korahites,
1 Chronicles 12:7
and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
1 Chronicles 12:8
From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.
1 Chronicles 12:9
Ezer was the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles 12:10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
1 Chronicles 12:11
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
1 Chronicles 12:12
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
1 Chronicles 12:13
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
1 Chronicles 12:14
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:15
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
1 Chronicles 12:16
Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
1 Chronicles 12:17
David went out to meet them, and said to them, "If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide."
1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, And with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, And peace to him who helps you; Indeed, your God helps you!" Then David received them and made them captains of the band.
1 Chronicles 12:19
From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, "At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul."
1 Chronicles 12:20
As he went to Ziklag there defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.
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