1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 12
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1 Chronicles 12 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now these are they that came to to , while he yet kept himself close because of the son of : and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of ’s brethren of . The chief was , then , the sons of the ; and , and , the sons of ; and , and the , And the , a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and , and , and , and the , Eluzai, and , and , and , and the , Elkanah, and , and , and , and , the , And , and , the sons of . And of the there separated themselves unto into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; Ezer the first, the second, Eliab the third, Mishmannah the fourth, the fifth, Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. These were of the sons of , captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. These are they that went over in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. And there came of the children of and to the hold unto . And went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. Then the spirit came upon , who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, , and thy side, thou son of : peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then received them, and made them captains of the band. And there fell some of to , when he came with the against to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master to the jeopardy of our heads. As he went to , there fell to him of , Adnah, and , and , and , and , and , and , captains of the thousands that were of . And they helped against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. For at that time day by day there came to to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to to , to turn the kingdom of to him, according to of the LORD. The children of that bare and were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. Of the children of , mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. Of the children of four thousand and six hundred. And was the leader of the , and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; And , a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains. And of the children of , the kindred of , three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of . And of the children of twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. And of the half tribe of eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make king. And of the children of , which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. Of , such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. And of a thousand captains, and with them with and thirty and seven thousand. And of the expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. And of , such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. And the other side of , of the , and the , and of the half tribe of , with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to , to make king over all : and all the rest also of were of one heart to make king. And there they were with three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto and and , brought bread asses, and camels, and mules, and oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and abundantly: for there was joy in .