ከዳዊት ጋር የተቀላቀሉ ተዋጊዎች
1ዳዊት ከቂስ ልጅ ከሳኦል ፊት ሸሽቶ በጺቅላግ ሳለ ወደ እርሱ የመጡት ሰዎች እነዚህ ናቸው፤ እነርሱም በጦርነቱ ላይ ከረዱት ተዋጊዎች መካከል ነበሩ። 2ሰዎቹ ቀስተኞች ሲሆኑ፣ በቀኝም ሆነ በግራ እጃቸው ፍላጻ መወርወርና ድንጋይ መወንጨፍ የሚችሉ ነበሩ፤ እነርሱም ከብንያም ነገድ የሆነው የሳኦል ሥጋ ዘመዶች ነበሩ፤
3አለቃቸው አሒዔዝር ነበረ፤ ከእርሱም በኋላ ኢዮአስ ነበረ፤ ሁለቱም የጊብዓዊው የሸማዓ ልጆች ነበሩ፤
የዓዝሞት ልጆች ይዝኤልና ፋሌጥ፣ በራኪያ፣ ዓናቶታዊው ኢዩ፤
4ገባዖናዊው ሰማያስ ከሠላሳዎቹ መካከል ኀያልና የሠላሳዎቹም መሪ ነበረ፤
ኤርምያስ፣ የሕዚኤል፣ ዮሐናን፣ ገድሮታዊው ዮዛባት፣ 5ኤሉዛይ፣ ለኢያሪሙት፣ በዓልያ፣ ሰማራያ፣ ሐሩፋዊው ሰፋጥያስ፣
6ቆሬያውያኑ ሕልቃና፣ ይሺያ፣ ዓዘርኤል፣ ዮዛር፣ ያሾብዓም፤
7የጌዶር ሰው ከሆነው ደግሞ የይሮሐም ልጆች ዮዔላና ዝባድያ።
8ዳዊት በምድረ በዳ በሚገኘው ምሽጉ ውስጥ ሳለ፣ ከጋድ ነገድ የሆኑ ሰዎች መጥተው የእርሱን ሰራዊት ተቀላቀሉ፤ እነርሱም ለውጊያ የተዘጋጁ ጋሻና ጦር ለመያዝ የሚችሉ ብርቱ ተዋጊዎች ነበሩ፤ ፊታቸው እንደ አንበሳ ፊት የሚያስፈራና በየተራራውም ላይ እንደሚዘልል ሚዳቋ ፈጣኖች ነበሩ።
9የእነዚህም አለቃ ዔጼር ነበረ፤
ሁለተኛው አዛዥ አብድዩ፣ ሦስተኛው ኤልያብ፣
10አራተኛው መስመና፣ አምስተኛው ኤርምያስ፣
11ስድስተኛው ዓታይ፣ ሰባተኛው ኢሊኤል፣
12ስምንተኛው ዮሐናን፣ ዘጠነኛው ኤልዛባድ፣
13ዐሥረኛው ኤርምያስ፣ ዐሥራ አንደኛው መክበናይ።
14እነዚህ ጋዳውያን የጦር አዛዦች ነበሩ፣ ከእነርሱ ታናሽ የሆነው እንደ መቶ፣ ታላቅ የሆነው ደግሞ እንደ ሺሕ አለቃ ይቈጠር ነበር። 15በመጀመሪያው ወር የዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከአፍ እስከ ገደፍ ሞልቶ ሳለ፣ ወንዙን ተሻግረው በስተ ምሥራቅና በስተ ምዕራብ ሸለቆዎች ይኖሩ የነበሩትን ሁሉ ከዚያ ያባረሩት እነዚህ ሰዎች ነበሩ።
16ሌሎች ከብንያምና ከይሁዳም ወገን የሆኑ ሰዎች ዳዊት ወደሚገኝበት ምሽግ መጡ። 17ዳዊትም እነዚህን ሰዎች ሊቀበል ወጥቶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “የመጣችሁት ልትረዱኝና በሰላም ከሆነ፣ ከእኔ ጋር እንድትሰለፉ ልቀበላችሁ ዝግጁ ነኝ፤ ነገር ግን እጄ ከበደል ንጹሕ ሆኖ ሳለ፣ ለጠላቶቼ አሳልፋችሁ ልትሰጡኝ ከሆነ፣ የአባቶቻችን አምላክ ይመልከተው፤ ይፍረደውም።”
18ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ በሠላሳዎቹ አለቃ በዓማሣይ ላይ ወረደ፤ እርሱም እንዲህ አለ፤
“ዳዊት ሆይ፤ እኛ የአንተ ነን፤
የእሴይ ልጅ ሆይ፤ እኛ ከአንተ ጋር ነን፤
ሰላም ፍጹም ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን፤
አንተን ለሚረዱም ሁሉ ሰላም ይሁን፤
አምላክህ ይረዳሃልና።”
ስለዚህ ዳዊት ተቀበላቸው፤ የሰራዊቱም አለቃ አደረጋቸው።
19ዳዊት ከፍልስጥኤማውያን ጋር ተባብሮ ሳኦልን ለመውጋት በሄደ ጊዜ፣ ከምናሴ ነገድ የሆኑ ጥቂት ሰዎች ከድተው ከዳዊት ሰራዊት ጋር ተቀላቀሉ። እርሱ ግን ርዳታ አላደረገላቸውም፤ ምክንያቱም የፍልስጥኤማውያን ገዦች ምክር ካደረጉ በኋላ እንዲህ ሲሉ ልከውት ነበር፤ “ከድቶ ወደ ጌታው ወደ ሳኦል ቢሄድ እኛን ያስጨርሰናል።” 20ዳዊት ወደ ጺቅላግ በሄደ ጊዜ ከድተው ወደ እርሱ የተቀላቀሉ የምናሴ ነገድ ሰዎች እነዚህ ነበሩ፤ ዓድና፣ ዮዛባት፣ ይዲኤል፣ ሚካኤል፣ ዮዛባት፣ ኤሊሁ፣ ጺልታይ፤ እነዚህ በምናሴ ግዛት ሳሉ ሻለቆች ነበሩ። 21ሁሉም ብርቱ ተዋጊዎችና በዳዊትም ሰራዊት ውስጥ አዛዦች ስለ ነበሩ፣ አደጋ ጣዮችን በመውጋት ረዱት። 22ሰራዊቱም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ሰራዊት12፥22 ወይም፣ ታላቅና ኀያል ሰራዊት እስኪሆን ድረስ፣ ዳዊትን ለመርዳት በየዕለቱ ብዙ ሰዎች ይጐርፉ ነበር።
ሌሎችም በኬብሮን የዳዊትን ሰራዊት ተቀላቀሉ
23እግዚአብሔር ለዳዊት በገባለት ቃል ኪዳን መሠረት፣ የሳኦልን መንግሥት አንሥተው ለእርሱ ለመስጠት ዳዊት ወደሚገኝበት ወደ ኬብሮን የመጡት ሰዎች ቍጥር ይህ ነው፤
24ጋሻና ጦር አንግበው ለጦርነት የተዘጋጁት የይሁዳ ሰዎች ስድስት ሺሕ ስምንት መቶ፤
25ከስምዖን ነገድ ለጦርነት ዝግጁ የሆኑ ሰባት ሺሕ አንድ መቶ።
26ከሌዊ ነገድ አራት ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ፤ 27የአሮን ቤተ ሰብ መሪ የሆነውን ዮዳሄን ጨምሮ ሦስት ሺሕ ሰባት መቶ ሰዎች፤ 28ወጣቱ ብርቱ ተዋጊ ጻዶቅና ከቤተ ሰቡ ሃያ ሁለት የጦር አለቆች፤
29የሳኦል ሥጋ ዘመድ የሆኑ የብንያም ሰዎች ሦስት ሺሕ፤ ከእነዚህም አብዛኞቹ እስከዚያች ጊዜ ድረስ ለሳኦል ቤት ታማኝ ነበሩ፤
30ከኤፍሬም ሰዎች በጐሣዎቻቸው ዘንድ ታዋቂ የሆኑ ብርቱ ተዋጊዎች ሃያ ሺሕ ስምንት መቶ፤
31ከምናሴ ነገድ እኩሌታ ዐሥራ ስምንት ሺሕ ሰዎች፤ እነርሱም ዳዊትን ለማንገሥ በየስማቸው ተጽፈው የመጡ ነበሩ።
32ዘመኑን የተረዱና እስራኤላውያንም ምን ማድረግ እንደሚገባቸው የተገነዘቡ የይሳኮር ሰዎች ሁለት መቶ አለቆች፤ በእነርሱም ሥር ሆነው የሚታዘዙ ዘመዶቻቸው።
33ልምድ ያላቸው፣ በሁሉም ዐይነት መሣሪያ ለመዋጋት የተዘጋጁና ዳዊትን ለመርዳት የመጡት መንታ ልብ የሌላቸው የዛብሎን ሰዎች ሃምሳ ሺሕ፤
34ከንፍታሌም ሰዎች አንድ ሺሕ የጦር አለቆች፤ ከእነርሱም ጋር ጋሻና ጦር የያዙ ሠላሳ ሰባት ሺሕ ሰዎች፤
35ከዳን ሰዎች ለጦርነት የተዘጋጁ ሃያ ስምንት ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ፤
36ከአሴር ሰዎች ልምድ ያላቸውና ለጦርነት የተዘጋጁ ወታደሮች አርባ ሺሕ፤
37ከምሥራቅ ዮርዳኖስ ከሮቤል፣ ከጋድና ከምናሴ ነገድ እኩሌታ ልዩ ልዩ ዐይነት መሣሪያ የታጠቁ አንድ መቶ ሃያ ሺሕ ሰዎች።
38እነዚህ ሁሉ በሰራዊቱ ውስጥ ለማገልገል ፈቃደኞች የሆኑ ተዋጊዎች ናቸው።
ወደ ኬብሮን የመጡትም ዳዊትን በእስራኤል ሁሉ ላይ ለማንገሥ ወስነው ስለ ነበር ነው። የቀሩትም እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ ዳዊትን ለማንገሥ በአንድ ሐሳብ ጸኑ። 39የሚያስፈልጋቸውንም ቤተ ሰቦቻቸው አዘጋጅተውላቸው ስለ ነበር፣ ሰዎቹ እየበሉና እየጠጡ ከዳዊት ጋር ሦስት ቀን ቈዩ። 40እንዲሁም ሩቅ ከሆነው ከይሳኮር፣ ከዛብሎንና ከንፍታሌም አገር ሳይቀር ጎረቤቶቻቸው በአህያ፣ በግመል፣ በበቅሎና በበሬ ጭነው ምግብ አመጡላቸው፤ በእስራኤል ታላቅ ደስታ ስለሆነ ዱቄት፣ የበለስና የዘቢብ ጥፍጥፍ፣ የወይን ጠጅ፣ የወይራ ዘይት፣ የቀንድ ከብትና በጎች በገፍ ቀርበው ነበር።
1Now 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.12.1 while…: Heb. being yet shut up 2They 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. 3The 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,12.3 Shemaah: or, Hasmaah 4And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, 5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 8And 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;12.8 of war: Heb. of the host12.8 as swift…: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste 9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.12.14 one…: or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand 15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.12.15 overflown: Heb. filled over 16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 17And 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.12.17 to meet…: Heb. before them12.17 be knit: Heb. be one12.17 wrong: or, violence 18Then 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.12.18 came…: Heb. clothed 19And 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.12.19 to the…: Heb. on our heads 20As 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. 21And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.12.21 against…: or, with a band 22For 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.12.23 bands: or, captains, or, men: Heb. heads 24The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.12.24 armed: or, prepared 25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 27And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; 28And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains. 29And 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.12.29 kindred: Heb. brethren12.29 the greatest…: Heb. a multitude of them 30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.12.30 famous: Heb. men of names 31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. 32And 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. 33Of 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.12.33 expert…: or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle12.33 keep…: or, set the battle in array12.33 not…: Heb. without a heart and a heart 34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 35And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.12.36 expert: or, keeping their rank 37And 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. 38All 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. 39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. 40Moreover 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.12.40 meat…: or, victual of meal
