19. Some of the men from Manasseh also joined David. They joined him when he went with the Philistines to fight Saul. But David and his men did not really help the Philistines. After talking about it, the Philistine leaders decided to send David away. They said, “If David goes back to his master Saul, we will be killed!”
20. The men from Manasseh joined David when he went to Ziklag. These were the men: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai. Each of these men was a leader of a thousand men from Manasseh.
21. All these men of Manasseh were brave soldiers. They helped David fight against groups of men who went around the country robbing people. These soldiers became commanders in David’s army.
22. Every day more men joined David. So his army became large. It was like the army of God.
23. These are the numbers of the men who joined David at Hebron. They came ready for battle. They came to help turn the kingdom of Saul over to David. The Lord had said this would happen.
24. There were 6,800 men with their weapons from the people of Judah. They carried shields and spears.
25. There were 7,100 men from the people of Simeon. They were warriors ready for war.
26. There were 4,600 men from the people of Levi.
27. Jehoiada, a leader from Aaron’s family, was in that group. There were 3,700 with him.
28. Zadok was also in that group. He was a strong young warrior. He came with 22 leaders from his family.
29. There were 3,000 men from the people of Benjamin. They were Saul’s relatives. And most of them had remained loyal to Saul’s family until then.
30. There were 20,800 men from the people of Ephraim. They were brave warriors. They were famous men in their own family groups.
31. There were 18,000 men from the western half-tribe of Manasseh. Each man was especially chosen to make David king.
32. There were 200 leaders from the family of Issachar. They knew what Israel should do. And they knew the right time to do it. Their relatives were with them and under their command.
33. There were 50,000 men from the people of Zebulun. They were trained soldiers. They were trained to use every kind of weapon of war. They followed David completely.