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;
36. from the Danites, 28,600 equipped for battle;
37. from Asher 40,000 experienced warriors arrayed for battle;
38. and from beyond the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 120,000 armed with every type of weapons of war.