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.
dw{[ g;l.qyic.l dyiw'D -l,a ~yia'B;h h,Lea.w ? ~yirw{BiG;B h'Meh.w vyiq -n,B l.Wa'v yen.Pim r.Wc'[ ? h'm'x.liM;h yer.z{[
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.
~yin'b]a'B ~yilaim.f;m.W ~yinyim.y;m t,v,q yeq.v{n ? !im'y.niBim l.Wa'v yex]aem t,v'Q;B ~yiCix;b.W
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,
yit'[.biG;h h'['m.V;h yen.B v'aw{y.w r,z,[yix]a va{r'h ? a.Whey.w h'k'r.b.W t,w'm.z;[ yen.B j,l,p'w lea.Wzyiw ? yit{t.N]['h
4
and
Ishmaiah the
Gibeonite, a
mighty man among the
thirty, and
over the
thirty. Then
Jeremiah,
Jahaziel,
Johanan,
Jozabad the
Gederathite,
~yiv{l.V;h -l;[.w ~yiv{l.V;B rw{BiG yinw{[.biG;h h'y.[;m.vIy.w
5
Eluzai,
Jerimoth,
Bealiah,
Shemariah,
Shephatiah the
Haruphite,
yit'red.G;h d'b'zw{y.w !'n'xw{y.w leayiz]x;y.w h'y.m.rIy.w
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Elkanah,
Isshiah,
Azarel,
Joezer,
Jashobeam, the
Korahites,
.Wh'y.j;p.v.W .Wh'y.r;m.v.W h'y.l;[.b.W tw{myiryiw y;z.W[.l,a ? yipyir]x;h
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and
Joelah and
Zebadiah, the
sons of
Jeroham of
Gedor.
~'[.b'v'y.w r,z,[w{y.w lea.r;z][;w .Wh'YiVIy.w h'n'q.l,a ? ~yix.r'Q;h
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.
rw{d.G;h -nim ~'x{r.y yen.B h'y.d;b.z.W h'lae[w{y.w
9
Ezer was the
first,
Obadiah the
second,
Eliab the
third,
h'r'B.dim d;c.m;l dyiw'D -l,a .Wl.D.bin yid'G;h -nim.W ? yek.r{[ h'm'x.liM;l a'b'c yev.n;a lIy;x;h yer{BiG ? ~Iya'b.cik.w ~,hyen.P hey.r;a yen.p.W x;m{r'w h'Nic ? reh;m.l ~yir'h,h -l;[
10
Mishmannah the
fourth,
Jeremiah the
fifth,
yivil.V;h b'ayil/a yineV;h h'y.d;b{[ va{r'h r,ze[
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Attai the
sixth,
Eliel the
seventh,
yivim]x;h h'y.m.rIy yi[yib.r'h h'N;m.vim
12
Johanan the
eighth,
Elzabad the
ninth,
yi[ib.V;h leayil/a yiViV;h y;T;[
13
Jeremiah the
tenth,
Machbannai the
eleventh *.
yi[yiv.T;h d'b'z.l,a yinyim.V;h !'n'xw{y
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.
r'f'[ yeT.v;[ y;N;B.k;m yiryif]['h .Wh'y.m.rIy
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.
h'aem.l d'x,a a'b'C;h yeva'r d'g -yen.Bim h,Lea ? @,l'a.l lw{d'G;h.w !'j'Q;h
16
Then
some of the
sons of
Benjamin and
Judah came to the
stronghold to
David.
v,d{x;B !eD.r;Y;h -t,a .Wr.b'[ r,v]a ~eh h,Lea ? wy't{ydiG -l'K -l;[ aeL;m.m a.Wh.w !w{vair'h ? b'r][;M;l.w x'r.ziM;l ~yiq'm]['h -l'K -t,a .Wxyir.b;Y;w
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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."
d'c.m;l -d;[ h'd.Whyiw !im'y.nib yen.B -nim .Wa{b'Y;w ? dyiw'd.l
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.
~,h'l r,ma{Y;w !;[;Y;w ~,hyen.pil dyiw'd aeceY;w ? yiL -h,y.hIy yiner.z'[.l y;lea ~,ta'B ~w{l'v.l -mia ? y;r'c.l yin;tw{M;r.l -mia.w d;x'y.l b'bel ~,kyel][ ? x;kw{y.w .Wnyetw{b]a yeh{l/a a,rey y;P;k.B s'm'x a{l.B
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."
~yivw{l.V;h va{r y;f'm][ -t,a h'v.b'l ;x.Wr.w ? ~w{l'v ~w{l'v y;vIy -n,b '$.Mi[.w dyiw'd '$.l ? ~el.B;q.y;w '$y,h{l/a '$.r'z][ yiK '$,r.z{[.l ~w{l'v.w '$.l ? d.Wd.G;h yeva'r.B ~en.TiY;w dyiw'D
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.
~yiT.vil.P -mi[ w{a{b.B dyiw'D -l;[ .Wl.p'n h,V;n.Mim.W ? h'ce[.b yiK ~Ur'z][ a{l.w h'm'x.liM;l l.Wa'v -l;[ ? .Wnyeva'r.B r{mael ~yiT.vil.p yen.r;s .WhUx.Liv ? l.Wa'v wy'n{d]a -l,a lw{PIy
21
They
helped David against the
band of
raiders, for they were
all mighty men of
valor, and were
captains in the
army.
h,V;n.Mim wy'l'[ .Wl.p'n g;l.qyic -l,a w{T.k,l.B ? d'b'zw{y.w lea'kyim.W lea][yidyiw d'b'zw{y.w x;n.d;[ ? h,V;n.mil r,v]a ~yip'l]a'h yeva'r y't.Lic.w a.Whyil/a,w
22
For
day by
day men
came to
David to
help him,
until there was a
great army like the
army of
God.
yerw{Big -yiK d.Wd.G;h -l;[ dyiw'D -mi[ .Wr.z'[ h'Meh.w ? a'b'C;B ~yir'f .Wy.hiY;w ~'LUK lIy;x
23
Now
these are the
numbers of the
divisions equipped for
war, who
came to
David at
Hebron, to
turn the
kingdom of
Saul to him, according to the
word of the
LORD.
dyiw'D -l;[ .Wa{b'y ~w{y.B ~w{y -t,[.l yiK ? ~yih{l/a hen]x;m.K lw{d'g h,n]x;m.l -d;[ w{r.z'[.l
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The
sons of
Judah who
bore shield and
spear were
6,800 * * *,
equipped for
war.
.Wa'B a'b'C;l #.Wl'x,h yeva'r yer.P.sim h,Lea.w ? l.Wa'v t.Wk.l;m bes'h.l ]h'nw{r.b,x dyiw'D -l;[ ? h'wh.y yip.K wy'lea
25
Of the
sons of
Simeon,
mighty men of
valor for
war,
7,100 * *.
~yip'l]a t,vev x;m{r'w h'Nic yea.f{n h'd.Wh.y yen.B ? a'b'c yec.Wl]x tw{aem h,nw{m.v.W
26
Of the
sons of
Levi 4,600 * *.
t;[.biv a'b'C;l lIy;x yerw{BiG !w{[.miv yen.B -nim ? h'aem.W ~yip'l]a
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Now
Jehoiada was the
leader of the house of
Aaron, and with him were
3,700 * * *,
tw{aem vev.w ~yip'l]a t;[;B.r;a yiweL;h yen.B -nim
28
also
Zadok, a
young man mighty of
valor, and of his
father's house twenty-two * captains.
~yip'l]a ]t,v{l.v w{Mi[.w !{r]h;a.l dyig'N;h ['d'yw{hyiw ? tw{aem [;b.v.W
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Of the
sons of
Benjamin,
Saul's kinsmen,
3,000 *; for
until now the
greatest part of them had
kept their
allegiance to the
house of
Saul.
~yir'f wyib'a -tyeb.W lIy'x rw{BiG r;[;n qw{d'c.w ? ~Iy'n.v.W ~yir.f,[
30
Of the
sons of
Ephraim 20,800 * * *,
mighty men of
valor,
famous men in their
fathers' households.
~yip'l]a t,v{l.v l.Wa'v yex]a !im'y.nib yen.B -nim.W ? tyeB t,r,m.vim ~yir.m{v ~'tyiB.r;m h'Neh -d;[.w ? l.Wa'v
31
Of the
half-tribe * of
Manasseh 18,000 * *,
who were
designated by
name to
come and
make David king.
h,nw{m.v.W @,l,a ~yir.f,[ ~Iy;r.p,a yen.B -nim.W ? ~'tw{b]a tyeb.l tw{mev yev.n;a lIy;x yerw{BiG tw{aem
32
Of the
sons of
Issachar, men who
understood the
times, with
knowledge of
what Israel should
do, their
chiefs were two
hundred; and
all their
kinsmen were at their
command.
r,v]a @,l'a r'f'[ h'nw{m.v h,V;n.m heJ;m yic]xem.W ? dyiw'D -t,a .$yil.m;h.l aw{b'l tw{mev.B .Wb.Qin
33
Of
Zebulun, there were
50,000 * who
went out in the
army, who could
draw up in
battle formation with
all kinds of
weapons of
war and
helped David with an
undivided * heart.
t;[;d'l ~yiTi[;l h'nyib ye[.dw{y r'kf'FIy yen.Bim.W ? ~,hyex]a -l'k.w ~Iy;ta'm ~,hyeva'r lea'r.fIy h,f][;Y -h;m ? ~,hyiP -l;[
34
Of
Naphtali there were
1,000 captains, and with them
37,000 * * with
shield and
spear.
yel.K -l'k.B h'm'x.lim yek.r{[ a'b'c yea.cw{y !.WlUb.Zim ? bel'w bel -a{l.B r{d][;l.w @,l'a ~yiVim]x h'm'x.lim
35
Of the
Danites who could
draw up in
battle formation, there were
28,600 * * *.
tyin]x;w h'Nic.B ~,h'Mi[.w @,l'a ~yir'f yil'T.p;Nim.W ? @,l'a h'[.biv.w ~yiv{l.v
36
Of
Asher there were
40,000 * who
went out in the
army to
draw up in
battle formation.
h'nw{m.v.W -myir.f,[ h'm'x.lim yek.r{[ yin'D;h -nim.W ? tw{aem vev.w @,l,a
37
From the
other side of the
Jordan, of the
Reubenites and the
Gadites and of the
half-tribe * of
Manasseh, there were
120,000 * * with
all kinds of
weapons of
war for the
battle.
~yi['B.r;a h'm'x.lim .${r][;l a'b'c yea.cw{y rev'aem.W ? @,l'a
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All these, being
men of
war who could
draw up in
battle formation,
came to
Hebron with a
perfect heart to
make David king over all Israel; and
all the
rest also of
Israel were of
one mind to
make David king.
yic]x;w yid'G;h.w yineb.War'h -nim !eD.r;Y;l r,be[em.W ? h'aem h'm'x.lim a'b.c yel.K l{k.B h,V;n.m j,bev ? @,l'a ~yir.f,[.w
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They were
there with
David three days,
eating and
drinking, for their
kinsmen had
prepared for them.
b'bel.B h'k'r][;m yer.d{[ h'm'x.lim yev.n;a h,Lea -l'K ? dyiw'D -t,a .$yil.m;h.l h'nw{r.b,x .Wa'B ~el'v ? lea'r.fIy tyirev -l'K ~;g.w lea'r.fIy -l'K -l;[ ? dyiw'D -t,a .$yil.m;h.l d'x,a bel
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Moreover those who were
near to them, even as
far as
Issachar and
Zebulun and
Naphtali,
brought food on
donkeys,
camels,
mules and on
oxen,
great quantities of
flour cakes,
fig cakes and
bunches of
raisins,
wine,
oil,
oxen and
sheep. There was
joy indeed in
Israel.
~yil.k{a h'vw{l.v ~yim'y dyiw'D -mi[ ~'v -.Wy.hiY;w ? ~;g.w ~,hyex]a ~,h'l .Wnyikeh -yiK ~yitw{v.w ? !.WlUb.z.W r'kf'fIy -d;[ ~,hyel]a -myibw{r.Q;h ? ~yiL;m.G;b.W ~yirw{m]x;B ~,x,l ~yiayib.m yil'T.p;n.w ? ~yiq.WMic.w ~yileb.D x;m,q l'k]a;m r'q'B;b.W ~yid'r.P;b.W ? h'x.mif yiK b{r'l !a{c.w r'q'b.W !,m,v.w -nIy;y.w ? lea'r.fIy.B