34. From Naphtali there were 1,000 commanders. With them were 37,000 who fought with shields and spears.
35. From Dan there were 28,600 ready for battle.
36. From Asher there were 40,000 experienced soldiers ready for battle.
37. From the east side of the Jordan River, from Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 soldiers ready to fight with all kinds of weapons.
38. All of these soldiers, who were prepared for battle, came with a single purpose to Hebron—to make David king of all Israel. The rest of Israel also had agreed to make David king.
39. They ate and drank with David for three days because their relatives ⌊in Judah⌋ had provided enough for them.
40. Also, their neighbors as far as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There was plenty of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, cattle, and sheep, because Israel was celebrating.