1 Estes, porém, são os que vieram a Davi, a Ziclague, estando ele ainda escondido, por causa de Saul, filho de Quis; e eram dos valentes que o ajudaram na guerra.
2 Estavam armados de arco, e usavam tanto da mão direita como da esquerda em atirar pedras e em atirar flechas com o arco; eram dos irmãos de Saul, benjamitas.
3 Aiezer, o chefe, e Joás, filho de Semaa, o gibeatita, e Jeziel e Pelete, filhos de Azmavete; e Beraca, e Jeú, o anatotita,
4 E Ismaías, o gibeonita, valente entre os trinta, líder deles; e Jeremias, e Jaaziel, e Joanã, e Jozabade, o gederatita,
5 Eluzai, e Jerimote, e Bealias, e Samarias, e Sefatias, o harufita,
6 Elcana, Issias, Azarel, Joezer, e Jasobeão, os coraítas,
7 E Joela, e Zabadias, filhos de Jeroão de Gedor.
8 E dos gaditas se desertaram para Davi, ao lugar forte no deserto, valentes, homens de guerra para pelejar, armados com escudo e lança; e seus rostos eram como rostos de leões, e ligeiros como corças sobre os montes:
9 Ezer, o primeiro; Obadias, o segundo; Eliabe, o terceiro;
10 Mismana, o quarto; Jeremias, o quinto;
11 Atai, o sexto; Eliel, o sétimo;
12 Joanã, o oitavo; Elzabade, o nono;
13 Jeremias, o décimo; Macbanai, o undécimo;
14 Estes, dos filhos de Gade, foram os capitães do exército; o menor tinha o encargo de cem homens e o maior de mil.
15 Estes são os que passaram o Jordão no primeiro mês, quando ele transbordava por todas as suas ribanceiras, e fizeram fugir a todos os dos vales ao oriente e ao ocidente.
16 Também alguns dos filhos de Benjamim e de Judá vieram a Davi, ao lugar forte.
17 E Davi lhes saiu ao encontro, e lhes falou, dizendo: Se vós vindes a mim pacificamente e para me ajudar, o meu coração se unirá convosco; porém, se é para me entregar aos meus inimigos, sem que haja deslealdade nas minhas mãos, o Deus de nossos pais o veja e o repreenda.
18 Então veio o espírito sobre Amasai, chefe de trinta, e disse: Nós somos teus, ó Davi, e contigo estamos, ó filho de Jessé! Paz, paz contigo, e paz com quem te ajuda, pois que teu Deus te ajuda. E Davi os recebeu, e os fez capitães das tropas.
19 Também de Manassés alguns passaram para Davi, quando veio com os filisteus para a batalha contra Saul; todavia Davi não os ajudou, porque os príncipes dos filisteus, tendo feito conselho, o despediram, dizendo: À custa de nossas cabeças passará a Saul, seu senhor.
20 Voltando ele, pois, a Ziclague, passaram-se para ele, de Manassés, Adna, Jozabade, Jediael, Micael, Jozabade, Eliú, e Ziletai, capitães de milhares dos de Manassés.
21 E estes ajudaram a Davi contra aquela tropa, porque todos eles eram heróis poderosos, e foram capitães no exército.
22 Porque naquele tempo, dia após dia, vinham a Davi para o ajudar, até que se fez um grande exército, como o exército de Deus.
23 Ora este é o número dos chefes armados para a peleja, que vieram a Davi em Hebrom, para transferir a ele o reino de Saul, conforme a palavra do Senhor.
24 Dos filhos de Judá, que traziam escudo e lança, seis mil e oitocentos, armados para a peleja;
25 Dos filhos de Simeão, homens poderosos para pelejar, sete mil e cem;
26 Dos filhos de Levi, quatro mil e seiscentos.
27 Joiada, que era o líder dos de Arão, e com ele três mil e setecentos.
28 E Zadoque, sendo ainda jovem, homem poderoso, com vinte e dois capitães da família de seu pai;
29 E dos filhos de Benjamim, irmãos de Saul, três mil; porque até então havia ainda muitos deles que eram pela casa de Saul.
30 E dos filhos de Efraim, vinte mil e oitocentos homens poderosos, homens de nome nas casas de seus pais.
31 E da meia tribo de Manassés, dezoito mil, que foram apontados pelos seus nomes para virem fazer rei a Davi.
32 E dos filhos de Issacar, duzentos de seus chefes, destros na ciência dos tempos, para saberem o que Israel devia fazer, e todos os seus irmãos seguiam suas ordens.
33 De Zebulom, dos que podiam sair no exército, cinqüenta mil ordenados para a peleja com todas as armas de guerra; como também destros para ordenarem uma batalha, e não eram de coração dobre.
34 E de Naftali, mil capitães, e com eles trinta e sete mil com escudo e lança.
35 E dos danitas, ordenados para a peleja, vinte e oito mil e seiscentos.
36 E de Aser, dos que podiam sair no exército, para ordenarem a batalha, quarenta mil.
37 E do outro lado do Jordão, dos rubenitas e gaditas, e da meia tribo de Manassés, com toda a sorte de instrumentos de guerra para pelejar, cento e vinte mil.
38 Todos estes homens de guerra, postos em ordem de batalha, vieram a Hebrom, com corações decididos, para constituírem a Davi rei sobre todo o Israel; e também todo o restante de Israel tinha o mesmo coração para constituir a Davi rei.
39 E estiveram ali com Davi três dias, comendo e bebendo; porque seus irmãos lhes tinham preparado as provisões.
40 E também seus vizinhos de mais perto, até Issacar, e Zebulom, e Naftali, trouxeram, sobre jumentos, e sobre camelos, e sobre mulos, e sobre bois, pão, provisões de farinha, pastas de figos e cachos de passas, e vinho, e azeite, e bois, gado miúdo em abundância; porque havia alegria em Israel.
1 Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.
2 They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.
3 Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;
4 And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a great man among the thirty, and their chief; and Jeremiah and Jehaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite;
5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6 Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
7 And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;
9 Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
14 These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.
15 It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.
16 And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.
17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.
18 Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.
19 And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.
20 Then when he went back to Ziklag, there came over to him, of the men of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands from the armies of Manasseh.
21 And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.
22 And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.
23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.
24 There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;
25 Seven thousand, one hundred of the children of Simeon, great men of war;
26 Of the children of Levi, four thousand, six hundred.
27 And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;
28 And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.
31 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.
32 And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.
33 Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.
34 And of Naphtali, a thousand captains with thirty-seven thousand spearmen.
35 And of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand, six hundred, expert in ordering the fight.
36 And of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.
37 From the other side of Jordan, there were a hundred and twenty thousand of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every sort of instrument of war.
38 All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.
39 For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.
40 And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.