1. The following persons came to David at Ziklag while he was banished from the presence of Saul, Kish’s son. They were some of the warriors who helped him in battle,
2. armed with bows, and they could use either hand to shoot arrows or sling stones. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:
3. Ahiezer was the leader, then Joash, both Shemaah’s sons from Gibeah; Jeziel and Pelet, Azmaveth’s sons; Beracah; Jehu of Anathoth;
4. Ishmaiah from Gibeon, a warrior in the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad from Gederah;
5. Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6. Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam the Korahites;
7. Joelah; and Zebadiah, Jeroham’s son from Gedor.
8. Some left Gad to join David at the desert fortress, brave warriors trained for battle, armed with shield and spear, who looked like lions and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains:
9. Ezer the leader, Obadiah second, Eliab third,
10. Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,
11. Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,
12. Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,
13. Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh.
14. These Gadites were military officers, the least of them ready to fight a hundred and the greatest a thousand.
15. These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and chased away everyone living in the valleys to the east and the west.
16. Some Benjaminites and Judahites also came to David at the fortress.