29
Of the descendants of Binyamin the kinsmen of Sha'ul, there were 3,000; for up until then, the majority of them had remained loyal to the house of Sha'ul.
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Of the descendants of Efrayim, there were 20,800 strong, brave men, well known in their fathers' families.
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Of the half-tribe of M'nasheh, 18,000 were designated by name to come and make David king.
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Of the descendants of Yissakhar, men who understood the times and knew what Isra'el ought to do, there were 200 leaders, and all their kinsmen were under their command.
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Of Z'vulun, 50,000 men were fit for military service, experienced in war and able to use all kinds of weapons; they were brave, and none was doubleminded.
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Of Naftali, there were 1,000 officers, and with them 37,000 troops having shields and spears.
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Of Dan, 28,600 were experienced in war.
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Of Asher, 40,000 men were fit for military service and experienced in war.
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On the other side of the Yarden, from the Re'uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M'nasheh, there were 120,000 with all kinds of weapons for battle.
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All these soldiers who were experienced in war came to Hevron wholeheartedly to make David king over all Isra'el, and all the rest from Isra'el were single-hearted in wanting to make David king.
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They remained there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.