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1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these are they that came to
David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of
Saul the son
of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
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Mighty men, Hebrew word
gibbor
2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the
sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of
Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
4 And Ismaiah the
Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
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Mighty men, Hebrew word
gibbor
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah
the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer,
and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons
of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there separated
themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and
men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler,
whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes
upon the mountains;
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Separated themselves,
Another example of how Judah came to be
representative of the whole of Israel.
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab
the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth,
Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the
least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
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These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
over flown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys,
both toward the east, and toward the west.
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The first month, Nisan, or Abib
16 And there came of
the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
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David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them,
If ye be
come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you:
but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong
in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
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David didn't want to go up against Saul
18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,
and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou
son of Jesse:
peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God
helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains
of the
band.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came
with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they
helped them not:
for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying,
He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
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There fell some of Manasseh, beside the Gadites.
for the strengthening of Judah and making it
representative of the whole nation.
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1 Kings 12:17 But as for the
children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad,
and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains
of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21 And they helped David
against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour,
and were captains in the host.
22 For at that time day by day
there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the
host of God.
23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were
ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom
of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.
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children of Judah that bare shield and spear were
six thousand and eight
hundred, ready armed to the war.
25 Of the children of
Simeon,
mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
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And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three
thousand and seven hundred;
28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
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of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for
hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of
Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight
hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their
fathers.
31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh
eighteen thousand,
which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
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of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of
the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two
hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
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Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all
instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not
of double heart.
34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with
them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
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the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand.
37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of
instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect
heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest
also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
39 And there
they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren
had prepared for them.
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even
unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on
camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and
bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly:
for there was joy in Israel.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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