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23 These are the numbers of armed warriors who joined David at Hebron. They were all eager to see David become king instead of Saul, just as Jehovah had promised.
24 From the tribe of Judah, there were six thousand eight hundred warriors armed with shields and spears.
25 From the tribe of Simeon, there were seven thousand one hundred warriors.
26 From the tribe of Levi, there were four thousand six hundred troops.
27 This included Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, who had three thousand seven hundred under his command.
28 This also included Zadok, a young warrior, with twenty-two members of his family who were all officers.
29 From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, there were three thousand warriors. Most of the men from Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul until this time.
30 From the tribe of Ephraim, there were twenty thousand eight hundred warriors, each famous in his own clan.
31 From the half-tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, eighteen thousand men were sent for the express purpose of helping David become king.
32 From the tribe of Issachar, there were two hundred leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the temper of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take.
33 From the tribe of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand skilled warriors. They were fully armed and prepared for battle and completely loyal to David.
34 From the tribe of Naphtali, there were one thousand officers and thirty-seven thousand warriors armed with shields and spears.
35 From the tribe of Dan, there were twenty-eight thousand six hundred warriors, all prepared for battle.
36 From the tribe of Asher, there were forty thousand trained warriors, all prepared for battle.
37 From the east side of the Jordan River where the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh lived there were one hundred twenty thousand troops armed with every kind of weapon.
38 All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king of Israel. In fact, all Israel agreed that David should be their king.
39 They feasted and drank with David for three days. Their relatives had made preparations for their arrival.
40 People from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. Vast supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine; olive oil, cattle, and sheep were brought to the celebration. There was great joy throughout the land of Israel