Fighting Men Join David
1Some fighting men came to David at Ziklag. They were among those who helped him in battle. David had been forced to hide from Saul, the son of Kish. 2The men were armed with bows. They were able to shoot arrows or throw stones from a sling with either hand. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. Here is a list of them.
3Their chief Ahiezer and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite
Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth
Berakah
Jehu from Anathoth
4Ishmaiah, the Gibeonite, who was a mighty warrior among the 30 chiefs and a leader of the 30 chiefs
Jeremiah
Jahaziel
Johanan
Jozabad from Gederah
5Eluzai
Jerimoth
Bealiah
Shemariah
Shephatiah, the Haruphite
6the Korahites Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam
7Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor
8Some men of Gad went over to David’s side at his usual place of safety in the desert. They were brave fighting men. They were ready for battle. They were able to use shields and spears. Their faces were like the faces of lions. They could run as fast as antelopes in the mountains.
9Ezer was their chief.
Obadiah was next in command. Eliab was third.
10Mishmannah was fourth. Jeremiah was fifth.
11Attai was sixth. Eliel was seventh.
12Johanan was eighth. Elzabad was ninth.
13Jeremiah was tenth. And Makbannai was eleventh.
14All these men of Gad were army commanders. The least important of them was equal to 100 men. The most important was equal to 1,000. 15They went across the Jordan River when it was flowing over its banks. That happened in the first month of spring. They chased away everyone who lived in the valleys. They chased them away from the east and west sides of the river.
16Some men from the territories of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at his usual place of safety. 17David went out to meet them. He said to them, “Have you come to me in peace? Have you come to help me? If you have, I’m ready for you to join me. But suppose you have come to hand me over to my enemies when I haven’t even harmed anyone. Then may the God of our people see it and judge you.”
18The Spirit of God came on Amasai. He was leader of the 30 chiefs. He said,
“David, we belong to you!
Son of Jesse, we’re on your side!
May you have great success.
May those who help you also have success.
Your God will help you.”
So David welcomed them. He made them leaders in his army.
19Some people from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David’s side. They did this when he marched out with the Philistines to fight against Saul. But David and his men didn’t help the Philistines. That’s because after all the Philistine rulers had discussed the matter, they sent him away. They said, “Suppose he deserts to his master Saul. Then our heads will be cut off!” 20So David went to Ziklag. Here are the men of Manasseh who went over to his side. They were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai. They were leaders of groups of 1,000 men in Manasseh. 21They helped David fight against enemy armies. All the men of Manasseh were brave fighting men. They were commanders in David’s army. 22Day after day men came to help David. Soon he had a large army. It was like the army of God.
Other Fighting Men Join David at Hebron
23Large numbers of men came to David at Hebron. They were prepared for battle. They came to hand Saul’s kingdom over to him, just as the Lord had said. Here are the numbers of the men who came.
24The men from Judah carried shields and spears. They were prepared for battle. The total number of them was 6,800.
25The fighting men from Simeon were ready for battle. The total number of them was 7,100.
26The total number of men from Levi was 4,600. 27They included Jehoiada. He was the leader of the family of Aaron. He came with 3,700 men. 28The men from Levi also included Zadok. He was a brave young fighter. He came with 22 officers from his family.
29The men from Benjamin were from Saul’s tribe. Most of them had remained faithful to Saul’s family until that time. The total number of them was 3,000.
30The men from Ephraim were brave fighting men. They were famous in their own family groups. The total number of them was 20,800.
31The men from half of the tribe of Manasseh had been chosen by name to come and make David king. The total number of them was 18,000.
32The men from Issachar understood what was going on at that time. They knew what Israel should do. The total number of their chiefs was 200. They came with all their relatives who were under their command.
33The men from Zebulun knew how to fight well. That’s because they had done it many times before. They were prepared for battle. They had every kind of weapon. They came to help David with their whole heart. The total number of them was 50,000.
34The total number of officers from Naphtali was 1,000. They came with 37,000 men who carried shields and spears.
35The men from Dan were ready for battle. The total number of them was 28,600.
36The men from Asher knew how to fight well. That’s because they had done it many times before. They were prepared for battle. The total number of them was 40,000.
37The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh were armed with every kind of weapon. The men came from the east side of the Jordan River. The total number of them was 120,000.
38All these fighting men offered to serve in the army.
Before they came to Hebron, they had agreed completely to make David king over all the Israelites. All the rest of the people also agreed to make David king. 39The men spent three days there with David. They ate and drank what their families had given them. 40Their neighbors also brought food. They brought it on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. They came from as far away as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali. There was plenty of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep. The Israelites brought all these things because they were so happy.
Nnɔmmarima Kɔka Dawid Akodɔm Ho
1Ɛberɛ a Dawid dwane firii Kis babarima Saulo anim kɔhintaa wɔ Siklag no, saa mmarima yi kɔdɔmm no. Na wɔka nnɔmmarima a wɔboa Dawid wɔ akodie mu. 2Na wɔn nyinaa yɛ agyantofoɔ toamfomfoɔ. Na wɔtumi de wɔn nsa benkum ne nifa nyinaa to agyan ne ahwimmoɔ. Na wɔn nyinaa yɛ Saulo abusuafoɔ a wɔfiri Benyamin abusuakuo mu.
3Na deɛ ɔtua wɔn ano yɛ Semaa a ɔfiri Gibea no babarima Ahieser. Na ne nuabarima ne Yoas a ɔyɛ nʼabadiakyire. Yeinom ne nnɔmmarima no nkaeɛ:
Asmawet mmammarima Yesiel ne Pelet;
Beraka ne Yehu a wɔfiri Anatot; 4Ismaia a ɔfiri Gibeon, ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ ne ntuanoni wɔ Aduasa no mu;
Yeremia, Yahasiel, Yohanan ne Yosabad a wɔfiri Gedera; 5Elusai, Yerimot, Bealia, Semaria, ne Sefatia a ɔfiri Harif;
6Elkana, Yesia, Asarel, Yoeser, Yasobeam a wɔyɛ Korafoɔ;
7Yoela, Sebadia, Yeroham mmammarima a wɔfiri Gedor.
8Gadfoɔ akofoɔ akokoɔdurufoɔ bi a wɔakwadare akodie mu dwane kɔɔ Dawid afa ɛberɛ a na ɔwɔ abanbɔeɛ mu wɔ ɛserɛ no so. Na wɔyɛ anintini wɔ nkataboɔ ne pea akodie mu a wɔn ho yɛ hu sɛ gyata, na wɔn ho yɛ hare te sɛ mmepɔ so atwe.
9Eser na na ɔtua wɔn ano.
Obadia yɛ abadiakyire.
Eliab na ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa.
10Deɛ ɔtɔ so ɛnan ne Mismana.
Deɛ ɔtɔ so enum ne Yeremia.
11Atai tɔ so nsia, Eliel tɔ so nson.
12Yohanan tɔ so nwɔtwe, Elsabad tɔ so nkron.
13Yeremia tɔ so edu, Makbanai tɔ so dubaako.
14Saa nnɔmmarima a wɔfiri Gad yi yɛ asahene. Deɛ ɔnyɛ den koraa no, ɔtumi ne asraafoɔ ɔha ko, ɛnna deɛ ɔyɛ den no tumi ne asraafoɔ apem ko. 15Afe no ahyɛaseɛ a Asubɔnten Yordan ayiri no, wɔtwa kɔpamoo nnipa a wɔtete tata so wɔ nʼapueeɛ ne nʼatɔeɛ nkonkɔn so nyinaa firii hɔ.
16Afoforɔ a wɔfiri Benyamin ne Yuda no baa Dawid nkyɛn wɔ abanbɔeɛ hɔ. 17Dawid kɔhyiaa wɔn kaa sɛ, “Sɛ moaba asomdwoeɛ so sɛ morebɛboa me a, yɛyɛ nnamfo. Na sɛ moaba sɛ morebɛyi me ama mʼatamfoɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a menyɛɛ bɔne bi a, yɛn agyanom Onyankopɔn nhwɛ mmu mo atɛn.”
18Na honhom no sii Amasai a akyire no ɔbɛyɛɛ Aduasa no so panin no so, na ɔkaa sɛ,
“Yɛyɛ wo dea, Dawid!
Yɛwɔ wʼafa, Yisai ba;
Asomdwoeɛ ne nkɔsoɔ nyɛ wo kyɛfa
na wʼaboafoɔ nyinaa nnya nkɔsoɔ,
ɛfiri sɛ, wo Onyankopɔn ne deɛ ɔboa wo.”
Enti, Dawid maa wɔbɛkaa ne ho, na ɔyɛɛ wɔn mpanimfoɔ wɔ nʼakodɔm mu.
19Manase mmarima no bi tee wɔn ho kɔdɔmm Dawid wɔ ɛberɛ a na ɔne Filistifoɔ no rekɔko atia Saulo no. Nanso, asɛm no ani daneeɛ a Filistifoɔ ntuanofoɔ ampene so sɛ Dawid ne ne mmarima no bɛka wɔn ho akɔ. Wɔdwendwenee ho ara no, wɔmaa wɔsanee wɔn akyi kaa sɛ, “Sɛ Dawid dane nʼani kɔ Saulo afa de tia yɛn a, yɛn nkwa na yɛde bɛtwa so.” 20Manase mmarima a wɔwae kɔɔ Dawid afa wɔ ɛberɛ a na ɔresane akɔ Siklag no ne Adna, Yosabad, Yediael, Mikael, Yosabad, Elihu ne Siletai. Na wɔn mu biara da akodɔm apem ano. 21Wɔboaa Dawid maa ɔtaa afomfafoɔ no, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔyɛ akokoɔdurufoɔ ne akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔbɛyɛɛ asahene wɔ nʼakodɔm mu. 22Adekyeeɛ biara, mmarima bebree kɔdɔm Dawid kɔsii sɛ ɔnyaa asraadɔm a ɛso te sɛ Onyankopɔn deɛ.
23Yeinom ne akofoɔ akɛseɛ dodoɔ a wɔdɔm Dawid wɔ Hebron no. Na wɔn nyinaa pɛ sɛ Dawid si Saulo anan mu di ɔhene, sɛdeɛ Awurade ahyɛ ato hɔ no.
24Akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔfiri Yuda abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem nsia ne aha nwɔtwe a wɔkurakura nkataboɔ ne mpea.
25Akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔfiri Simeon abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem nson ne ɔha.
26Akodɔm a na wɔfiri Lewi abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem ɛnan ne ahansia (4,600). 27Na Yehoiada a ɔtua Aaron abusua no ano no wɔ akodɔm mpem mmiɛnsa ne ahanson (3,700) a wɔhyɛ nʼase. 28Saa ara nso na na Sadok, ɔbabunu ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ ne nʼabusuafoɔ aduonu mmienu a wɔn nyinaa yɛ asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ ka ho.
29Akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔfiri Benyamin abusuakuo mu a wɔyɛ Saulo abusuafoɔ no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem mmiɛnsa (3,000). Na Benyaminfoɔ no mu fa kɛseɛ no taa Saulo akyi ara.
30Akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔfiri Efraim abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonu ne aha nwɔtwe (20,800) a wɔn mu biara agye edin wɔ nʼabusua mu.
31Manase abusuakuo fa a na ɛwɔ Yordan atɔeɛ fam no nso, wɔtuu mmarima mpem dunwɔtwe (18,000) a wɔn botaeɛ ara ne sɛ wɔbɛboaa Dawid ma wadi ɔhene.
32Ntuanofoɔ a wɔfiri Isakar abusuakuo mu ne wɔn abusuafoɔ dodoɔ yɛ ahanu. Na saa mmarima yi nyinaa te nsɛm a ɛrekɔ so saa ɛberɛ no ase, na wɔnim ɛkwan pa a ɛyɛ ma Israel nso.
33Akofoɔ a wɔakwadare akodie mu a wɔfiri Sebulon abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonum (50,000). Na wɔakɔ amia mu ayɛ krado ama akodie, na na wɔtaa Dawid akyi pintinn.
34Wɔn a wɔfiri Naftali abusuakuo mu no yɛ asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ apem (1,000) ne akofoɔ akɛseɛ mpem aduasa nson (37,000) a wɔkurakura nkataboɔ ne mpea.
35Akofoɔ a wɔfiri Dan abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonu nwɔtwe ne ahansia (28,600) a wɔasiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko.
36Akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔatete wɔn yie a wɔfiri Aser abusuakuo mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduanan (40,000) a wɔn nyinaa ayɛ krado ama ɔko.
37Ruben, Gad mmusuakuo ne Manase abusuakuo fa a na wɔtete Asubɔnten Yordan apueeɛ fam no maa asraadɔm mpem ɔha ne aduonu (120,000) a wɔwɔ akodeɛ ahodoɔ nyinaa.
38Saa asraafoɔ yi nyinaa kɔɔ amia mu na wɔkɔɔ Hebron a wɔn botaeɛ ara ne sɛ wɔde Dawid bɛyɛ Israelhene.
Nokorɛm, Israel nyinaa adwene kɔɔ bɛnkorɔ mu sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ Dawid na ɔyɛ wɔn ɔhene. 39Wɔne Dawid didiiɛ, nomeeɛ nnansa, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔn abusuafoɔ no ayɛ ahoboa rehwɛ wɔn ɛkwan. 40Nnipa bi a wɔfiri akyiri te sɛ Isakar, Sebulon, ne Naftali de nnuane tenaa wɔn mfunumu, nyoma ne anantwie so baeɛ. Wɔde asikyiresiam, ɔfam, ɛhyɛ, nsã, ngo, anantwie ne nnwan bebree baa afahyɛ no ase. Anigyeɛ a ɛnni kabea baa Israel asase so.
