they were armed with the bow and could use both right hand and left hand to sling stones or shoot arrows with the bow; they were kindred of Saul from Benjamin.
Of the Gadites, there withdrew to follow David to the wilderness stronghold valiant warriors, fighters fit for battle, armed with shield and spear; they had the appearance of lions, and were as swift as gazelles upon the mountains:
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומןהגדי
118
נבדלו
92
אלדויד
55
למצד
164
מדברה
251
גברי
215
החיל
53
אנשי
361
צבא
93
למלחמה
153
ערכי
300
צנה
145
ורמח
254
ופני
146
אריה
216
פניהם
185
וכצבאים
169
עלההרים
360
למהר
275
I Chronicles 12:10
Gematria: 1928
עזרהראשעבדיההשניאליאבהשלשי
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Word-by-Word Analysis
עזר
277
הראש
506
עבדיה
91
השני
365
אליאב
44
השלשי
645
I Chronicles 12:11
Gematria: 1360
משמנההרביעיירמיההחמשי
Mashmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
Word-by-Word Analysis
משמנה
435
הרביעי
297
ירמיה
265
החמשי
363
I Chronicles 12:12
Gematria: 1554
עתיהששיאליאלהשבעי
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Word-by-Word Analysis
עתי
480
הששי
615
אליאל
72
השבעי
387
I Chronicles 12:13
Gematria: 1378
יוחנןהשמיניאלזבדהתשיעי
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוחנן
124
השמיני
415
אלזבד
44
התשיעי
795
I Chronicles 12:14
Gematria: 2398
ירמיהוהעשירימכבניעשתיעשרס
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ירמיהו
271
העשירי
595
מכבני
122
עשתי
780
עשרס
630
I Chronicles 12:15
Gematria: 1202
אלהמבניגדראשיהצבאאחדלמאההקטןוהגדוללאלף
Those were the Gadites, heads of the army. The least was equal to a hundred, the greatest to a thousand.
These were the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was at its crest, and they put to flight all the lowlanders to the east and west.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אלה
36
הם
45
אשר
501
עברו
278
אתהירדן
670
בחדש
314
הראשון
562
והוא
18
ממלא
111
עלכלגדותיו
579
גדיתיו
433
ויבריחו
242
אתכלהעמקים
716
למזרח
285
ולמערבפ
428
I Chronicles 12:17
Gematria: 657
ויבאומןבניבנימןויהודהעדלמצדלדויד
Some of the Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David,
and David went out to meet them, saying to them, “If you come on a peaceful errand, to support me, then I will make common cause with you, but if to betray me to my foes, for no injustice on my part, then let the God of our ancestors take notice and give judgment.”
Then the spirit seized Amasai, chief of the captains:“We are yours, David,On your side, son of Jesse;At peace, at peace with you,And at peace with him who supports you,For your God supports you.”So David accepted them, and placed them at the head of his band.
Some Manassites went over to David’s side when he came with the Philistines to make war against Saul, but they were of no help to them, because the lords of the Philistines in council dismissed him, saying, “He will go over to the side of his lord, Saul, and it will cost us our heads”;
when he went to Ziklag, these Manassites went over to his side—Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of the clans of Manasseh.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בלכתו
458
אלציקלג
264
נפלו
166
עליוממנשה
551
עדנח
132
ויוזבד
35
וידיעאל
131
ומיכאל
107
ויוזבד
35
ואליהוא
59
וצלתי
536
ראשי
511
האלפים
166
אשר
501
למנשה
425
I Chronicles 12:22
Gematria: 1666
והמהעזרועםדוידעלהגדודכיגבוריחילכלםויהיושריםבצבא
It was they who gave support to David against the band [of Amalekite raiders],bthe band [of Amalekite raiders] Cf. 1 Sam. 30.8, 15. for all were valiant warriors; and they were officers of the force.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והמה
56
עזרו
283
עםדויד
134
עלהגדוד
122
כיגבורי
251
חיל
48
כלם
90
ויהיו
37
שרים
550
בצבא
95
I Chronicles 12:23
Gematria: 1639
כילעתיוםביוםיבאועלדוידלעזרועדלמחנהגדולכמחנהאלהיםפ
Day in day out, people came to David to give him support, until there was an army as vast as the army of God.
These are the numbers of the [men of the] armed bands who joined David at Hebron to transfer Saul’s kingdom to him, in accordance with the word of GOD:
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואלה
42
מספרי
390
ראשי
511
החלוץ
139
לצבא
123
באו
9
עלדויד
124
חברונה
271
להסב
97
מלכות
496
שאול
337
אליו
47
כפי
110
יהוהס
86
I Chronicles 12:25
Gematria: 3164
בנייהודהנשאיצנהורמחששתאלפיםושמונהמאותחלוציצבאס
Judahites, equipped with shield and spear—6,800 armed men;
of the Issacharites, men who knew how to interpret the signs of the times, to determine how Israel should act; their chiefs were 200, and all their kindred followed them;
All these—warriors, manning the battle line with whole heart—came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel was of one mind to make David king.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלאלה
86
אנשי
361
מלחמה
123
עדרי
284
מערכה
335
בלבב
36
שלם
370
באו
9
חברונה
271
להמליך
135
אתדויד
425
עלכלישראל
691
וגם
49
כלשרית
960
ישראל
541
לב
32
אחד
13
להמליך
135
אתדויד
425
I Chronicles 12:40
Gematria: 2375
ויהיושםעםדוידימיםשלושהאכליםושותיםכיהכינולהםאחיהם
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kindred had provided for them.
And also, their relatives as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food by donkey, camel, mule, and ox—provisions of flour, cakes of figs, raisin cakes, wine, oil, cattle, and sheep in abundance, for there was joy in Israel.