23. And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
24. The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.
25. Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for war, seven thousand one hundred.
26. Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.
27. And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;
28. and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.
29. And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.
30. And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.
31. And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.