22. They helped David against the raiding bands, for all of them were valiant warriors and they were officers in the army.
23. Day by day men came to David to help him until there was a great army like the army of God.
24. These are the numbers of the heads of those armed for war who came to David in Hebron to transfer Saul’s kingdom to him, according to the word of Adonai:
25. The sons of Judah that bore shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war;
26. from the sons of Simeon, 7,100 brave warriors ready for war;
27. from the sons of Levi 4,600;
28. Jehoiada the leader of the Aaronides and with him 3,700;
29. Zadok, a young mighty man of valor, with 22 commanders from his clan;
30. from the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen, 3,000 for up to that time the majority of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house;
31. from the sons of Ephraim 20,800 valliant warriors, famous men in their clan;
32. from the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000 who were designated by name to come and make David king;
33. from the sons of Issachar—men who know how to interpret the signs of the times to determine what Israel should do—200 chiefs with all their kinsmen under their command;
34. from Zebulun 50,000 warriors prepared for battle, arrayed with all types of weapons of war and ready to give their undivided loyalty;
35. from Naphtali 1,000 officers, along with 37,000 with shield and spear;