1 Chronicles 12
1 David went to Ziklag [town] to escape from [King] Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles.
| ואלה הבאים אל דויד לציקלג עוד עצור מפני שאול בן קיש והמה בגבורים עזרי המלחמה |
2 They carried bows [and arrows]. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
| נשקי קשת מימינים ומשמאלים באבנים ובחצים בקשת--מאחי שאול מבנימן |
3 Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah [city]. [These are the names of some of those warriors: ] Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth [town];
| הראש אחיעזר ויואש בני השמעה הגבעתי ויזואל (ויזיאל) ופלט בני עזמות וברכה ויהוא הענתתי |
4 Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
| וישמעיה הגבעוני גבור בשלשים ועל השלשים ה וירמיה ויחזיאל ויוחנן ויוזבד הגדרתי |
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
| אלעוזי וירימות ובעליה ושמריהו ושפטיהו החריפי (החרופי) |
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
| אלקנה וישיהו ועזראל ויועזר וישבעם--הקרחים |
7 Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
| ויועאלה וזבדיה בני ירחם מן הגדור |
8 Some men from the tribe of Gad [east of the Jordan River] joined David when he was at his fortress in [the caves in] the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They [SYN] were as fierce as [SIM, MTY] lions, and they could run as fast as [HYP, SIM] deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains.
| ומן הגדי נבדלו אל דויד למצד מדברה גברי החיל אנשי צבא למלחמה--ערכי צנה ורמח ופני אריה פניהם וכצבאים על ההרים למהר |
9 Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
| עזר הראש עבדיה השני אליאב השלשי |
10 Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
| משמנה הרביעי ירמיה החמשי |
11 Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
| עתי הששי אליאל השבעי |
12 Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
| יוחנן השמיני אלזבד התשיעי |
13 Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
| ירמיהו העשירי מכבני עשתי עשר |
14 Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
| אלה מבני גד ראשי הצבא אחד למאה הקטן והגדול לאלף |
15 They crossed [to the west side of] the Jordan [River] during March, [at the time of the year] when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.
| אלה הם אשר עברו את הירדן בחדש הראשון והוא ממלא על כל גדיתיו (גדותיו) ויבריחו את כל העמקים למזרח ולמערב |
16 Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
| ויבאו מן בני בנימן ויהודה עד למצד לדויד |
17 David went out [of the cave] to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I [SYN] have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/belonged to) will see it and condemn/punish you.”
| ויצא דויד לפניהם ויען ויאמר להם אם לשלום באתם אלי לעזרני יהיה לי עליכם לבב ליחד ואם לרמותני לצרי בלא חמס בכפי ירא אלהי אבותינו ויוכח |
18 Then [God’s] Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty [greatest warriors], and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well [DOU] for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.”
| ורוח לבשה את עמשי ראש השלושים (השלישים) לך דויד ועמך בן ישי שלום שלום לך ושלום לעזרך כי עזרך אלהיך ויקבלם דויד ויתנם בראשי הגדוד |
19 So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s [army]. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked [about David and his soldiers], they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!”
| וממנשה נפלו על דויד בבאו עם פלשתים על שאול למלחמה--ולא עזרם כי בעצה שלחהו סרני פלשתים לאמר בראשינו יפול אל אדניו שאול |
20 When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, [another man whose name was] Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men [in Saul’s army].
| בלכתו אל ציקלג נפלו עליו ממנשה עדנח ויוזבד וידיעאל ומיכאל ויוזבד ואליהוא וצלתי ראשי האלפים אשר למנשה |
21 They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army.
| והמה עזרו עם דויד על הגדוד כי גבורי חיל כלם ויהיו שרים בצבא |
22 Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like [SIM] the army of God (OR, a very huge army).
| כי לעת יום ביום יבאו על דויד לעזרו--עד למחנה גדול כמחנה אלהים |
23 These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron [city]. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.
| ואלה מספרי ראשי החלוץ לצבא באו על דויד חברונה להסב מלכות שאול אליו--כפי יהוה |
24 There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
| בני יהודה נשאי צנה ורמח--ששת אלפים ושמונה מאות חלוצי צבא |
25 There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
| מן בני שמעון גבורי חיל לצבא--שבעת אלפים ומאה |
26 There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
| מן בני הלוי--ארבעת אלפים ושש מאות |
27 Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him.
| ויהוידע הנגיד לאהרן ועמו שלשת אלפים ושבע מאות |
28 Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
| וצדוק נער גבור חיל ובית אביו שרים עשרים ושנים |
29 There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king.
| ומן בני בנימן אחי שאול שלשת אלפים ועד הנה מרביתם שמרים משמרת בית שאול |
30 There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans.
| ומן בני אפרים עשרים אלף ושמונה מאות--גבורי חיל אנשי שמות לבית אבותם |
31 There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived west of the Jordan River]. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
| ומחצי מטה מנשה שמונה עשר אלף אשר נקבו בשמות לבוא להמליך את דויד |
32 There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
| ומבני יששכר יודעי בינה לעתים לדעת מה יעשה ישראל--ראשיהם מאתים וכל אחיהם על פיהם |
33 There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David.
| מזבלון יוצאי צבא ערכי מלחמה בכל כלי מלחמה--חמשים אלף ולעדר בלא לב ולב |
34 There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
| ומנפתלי שרים אלף ועמהם בצנה וחנית שלשים ושבעה אלף |
35 There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
| ומן הדני ערכי מלחמה עשרים ושמונה אלף ושש מאות |
36 There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
| ומאשר יוצאי צבא לערך מלחמה--ארבעים אלף |
37 There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan [River who joined David]. They were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons.
| ומעבר לירדן מן הראובני והגדי וחצי שבט מנשה בכל כלי צבא מלחמה--מאה ועשרים אלף |
38 All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
| כל אלה אנשי מלחמה עדרי מערכה בלבב שלם באו חברונה להמליך את דויד על כל ישראל וגם כל שרית ישראל לב אחד--להמליך את דויד |
39 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
| ויהיו שם עם דויד ימים שלושה אכלים ושותים כי הכינו להם אחיהם |
40 Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, [olive] oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful.
| וגם הקרובים אליהם עד יששכר וזבלון ונפתלי מביאים לחם בחמורים ובגמלים ובפרדים ובבקר מאכל קמח דבלים וצמוקים ויין ושמן ובקר וצאן--לרב כי שמחה בישראל |
