1 Chronicles 12:26-36

26 de filiis Levi quattuor milia sescenti

27 Ioiada quoque princeps de stirpe Aaron et cum eo tria milia septingenti

28 Sadoc etiam puer egregiae indolis et domus patris eius principes viginti duo

29 de filiis autem Beniamin fratribus Saul tria milia magna enim pars eorum adhuc sequebatur domum Saul

30 porro de filiis Ephraim viginti milia octingenti fortissimi robore viri nominati in cognationibus suis

31 et ex dimidia parte tribus Manasse decem et octo milia singuli per nomina sua venerunt ut constituerent regem David

32 de filiis quoque Isachar viri eruditi qui norant singula tempora ad praecipiendum quid facere deberet Israhel principes ducenti omnis autem reliqua tribus eorum consilium sequebatur

33 porro de Zabulon qui egrediebantur ad proelium et stabant in acie instructi armis bellicis quinquaginta milia venerunt in auxilium non in corde duplici

34 et de Nepthali principes mille et cum eis instructa clypeo et hasta triginta septem milia

35 de Dan etiam praeparata ad proelium viginti octo milia sescentorum

36 et de Aser egredientes ad pugnam et in acie provocantes quadraginta milia

1 Chronicles 12:26-36 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.