Holman Christian Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 12:3-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3. Their chief was Ahiezer son of Shemaah the Gibeathite.Then there was his brother Joash;Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth;Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite;

4. Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite;

5. Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;

6. Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

7. and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

8. Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

9. Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

10. Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,

11. Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,

12. Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,

13. Jeremiah tenth, and Machbannai eleventh.