1 Chronicles 12:21-31

21 They helped David fight raiding parties because they were all warriors, commanders in the army.

22 From day to day, men came to help David until he had an army as large as God's army.

23 These are the numbers of the men equipped for war. The men joined David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingship over to David, as the LORD had said.

24 From Judah's descendants there were 6,800 men equipped for war. They carried shields and spears.

25 From Simeon's descendants there were 7,100 warriors.

26 From Levi's descendants there were 4,600

27 as well as Jehoiada (leader of Aaron's families). With him there were 3,700 men,

28 and Zadok, a young warrior from whose family came 22 officers.

29 From Benjamin's descendants, Saul's relatives, there were 3,000 men, though most of them remained loyal to Saul's family.

30 From Ephraim's descendants there were 20,800 warriors who were famous among their families.

31 From half of the tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to make David king.

1 Chronicles 12:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 12

This chapter gives an account of those that came to David at different times, and joined and assisted him both before the death of Saul, and when persecuted by him, and after he was made king of Judah in Hebron, and before he was king of all Israel, in order to it; of the Benjaminites that came to him when at Ziklag, 1Ch 12:1-7 of the Gadites that came to him when in the hold, 1Ch 12:8-15 of some of Judah and Benjamin, who came to him in the same place, 1Ch 12:16-18, and of the Manassites at the time he came with the Philistines against Saul, 1Ch 12:19-22 and the number of the several tribes are given, that came to him at Hebron to make him king over all Israel, 1Ch 12:23-40.