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1 Chronicles 12:23-35 Modern English Version (MEV)

23. Now these make up the number of the leaders equipped for the battalion who came to David at Hebron in order to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, as the mouth of the Lord had spoken.

24. The sons of Judah who carried shields and spears: six thousand eight hundred equipped for war.

25. From the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor, fit for war: seven thousand one hundred.

26. From the sons of the Levites: four thousand six hundred.

27. Jehoiada was the principal leader of the Aaronites, and he brought with him three thousand seven hundred,

28. while Zadok, a brave young warrior, brought twenty-two leaders from the house of his father.

29. From the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul: three thousand (up to that time the greater number of them were keeping their loyalty with the house of Saul).

30. From the sons of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred mighty men of valor, men of reputation in the house of their fathers.

31. From the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand who were marked by name to come and crown David king.

32. From the sons of Issachar, those having understanding of times and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains with all their brothers at their command.

33. Of Zebulun, fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose. From Zebulun, those going out to war, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with an undivided heart: fifty thousand.

34. From Naphtali: one thousand leaders and thirty-seven thousand with shields and spears.

35. From the Danites, competent for battle: twenty-eight thousand six hundred.

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