¹Now these [are] they that came to David [beloved] to Ziklag [Winding] , while he yet kept himself close because of Sha’ul [desired] the son of Kish [bent] : and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

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 Sha’ul’s [desired] brethren of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] .

³The chief [was] Achi’ezer [My Brother is Help] , then Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] , the sons of Sh’ma’ah [the rumour] the Giv’ati [hilliness] ; and Y’zi’el [the assembly of God] , and Pelet [deliverance] , the sons of ‘Azmavet [strong unto death] ; and B’rakhah [blessing] , and Yehu [Yehovah is He] the ‘Anatoti’ [affliction] ,

⁴And Yishma’yah [Yehovah will hear] the Giv’oni [little hill: hilly] , a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] , and Yachazi’el [beheld of God] , and Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] , and Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed] the G’derati [a wall] ,

⁵El’uzai [God is my strength] , and Yerimot [He is Most High] , and B’alyah [Yehovah is master] , and Sh’maryah [kept by Yehovah] , and Sh’fatyah [Yehovah has judged] the Harufi [native of (meaning disputed)] ,

⁶Elkanah [God Has Taken Possession] , and Yishiyahu [Yehovah will lend] , and ‘Azar’el [God has helped] , and Yo’ezer [Yehovah is help] , and Yashov’am [the people will return] , the Korchi,

⁷And Yo’elah [may he avail] , and Z’vadyah [endowment of Yehovah] , the sons of Yerocham [showing pity] of G’dor [Wall] .

⁸And of the Gadi [my fortune] [A Troop] there separated themselves unto David [beloved] into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler (round shielf held with a grip) , whose faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

⁹‘Ezer [treasure] the first, ‘Ovadyah [servant of Yehovah] the second, ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] the third,

¹⁰Mishmannah [fatness] the fourth, Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] the fifth,

¹¹‘Atai [opportune] the sixth, Eli’el [my God is God] the seventh,

¹²Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the eighth, Elzavad [God has given] the ninth,

¹³Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] the tenth, Makhbanai [bond of the Lord] the eleventh.

¹⁴These [were] of the sons of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] , captains of the host: one of the least [was] over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

¹⁵These [are] they that went over Yarden [Descender] 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.

¹⁶And there came of the children of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] to the hold unto David [beloved] .

¹⁷And David [beloved] went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If you2f be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you: but if [you2f be come] to betray me to my enemies, seeing [there is] no wrong in my hands, the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of our fathers look [thereon] , and rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) [it] .

¹⁸Then the spirit came upon ‘Amasai [burdensome] , [who was] chief of the captains, [and he said] , You1s [are we] , David [beloved] , and on youi side, youi son of Yishai [I possess] : peace, peace [be] unto youi , and peace [be] to youi helpers; for youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] helps youi . Then David [beloved] received them, and made them captains of the band.

¹⁹And there fell [some] of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] to David [beloved] , when he came with the P’lishtim [Immigrants] against Sha’ul [desired] to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to (to do entirely, do wholly) his master Sha’ul [desired] to [the jeopardy of] our heads.

²⁰As he went to Ziklag [Winding] , there fell to him of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] , ‘Adnach [pleasure] , and Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed] , and Y’dia’el [God makes known] , and Mikha’el [Who is Like God?] , and Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed] , and Elihu [He is my God] , and Tziltai [dark] , captains of the thousands that [were] of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] .

²¹And they helped David [beloved] against the band [of the rovers] : for they [were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

²²For at [that] time day by day there came to David [beloved] to help him, until [it was] a great host, like the host of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] .

²³And these [are] the of the bands [that were] ready armed to the war, [and] came to David [beloved] to Hevron [Seat of Association] , to turn the kingdom of Sha’ul [desired] to him, according to the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

²⁴The children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] that bore shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

²⁵Of the children of Shim’on [he who hears] , mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

²⁶Of the children of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] four thousand and six hundred.

²⁷And Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows] [was] the leader of the Aharon [light bringer] , and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;

²⁸And Tzadok [righteous] , a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

²⁹And of the children of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] , the family of Sha’ul [desired] , three thousand: for up to this time the greatest part of them had kept the ward (in custody, with a guard; prison) of the house of Sha’ul [desired] .

³⁰And of the children of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

³¹And of the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David [beloved] king.

³²And of the children of Yissakhar [There Is Recompense] , [which were men] that had understanding of the times, to know what Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.

³³Of Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place] , 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.

³⁴And of Naftali [My Wrestling] a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.

³⁵And of the Dani (Dan) [Judge] expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

³⁶And of Asher [Happy] , such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

³⁷And on the other side of Yarden [Descender] , of the Re’uveni [behold, a son!] , and the Gadi [my fortune] [A Troop] , and of the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] , 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 Hevron [Seat of Association] , to make David [beloved] king over all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : and all the rest also of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [were] of one heart to make David [beloved] king.

³⁹And there they were with David [beloved] three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

⁴⁰Moreover they that were near them, [even] unto Yissakhar [There Is Recompense] and Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place] and Naftali [My Wrestling] , 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 Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .