1 Chronicles 12:16

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These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

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  • 17Some men from Benjamin and Judah also came to David at the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 12:1-2
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    1These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle.

    2They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones with their right or left hand; they were from Saul’s tribe, the Benjaminites.

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    15He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one person. They sent word to the king, 'Return, you and all your men.'

    16So the king came back and reached the Jordan River. The men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring him across the Jordan.

    17Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

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    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

    15On that day, the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand men armed with swords from their towns, not counting the seven hundred elite troops from Gibeah.

  • 15So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

  • 25The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

  • 21Then David returned to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the troops with him, and David greeted them warmly.

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    21They helped David against raiding bands, for they were all valiant warriors and became leaders in the army.

    22Every day men came to David to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.

    23These are the numbers of men equipped for war who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the LORD had spoken.

    24From the tribe of Judah, carrying shields and spears: 6,800 armed for battle.

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    24Then the Israelites approached the Benjaminites on the second day.

    25On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • 16At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

  • 27When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought supplies to him.

  • 18The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjaminites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

  • 16In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.

  • 24David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

  • 29From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then.

  • 12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

  • 4So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

  • 15When they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them, saying:

  • 19Some members of the tribe of Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent him away after consulting, saying, 'He may turn against us and rejoin his master Saul at the cost of our heads.'

  • 2So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

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    1David left from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

    2All those who were in distress, in debt, or bitter in spirit gathered to him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

  • 7They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went to the Negev of Judah in Beersheba.

  • 16But all Israel and Judah loved David because he led them in their campaigns.

  • 36Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites had given ground to the Benjaminites because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.

  • 15David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

  • 32The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."

  • 12David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

  • 4“Come up to me and help me; let us attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”

  • 13Then the whole assembly sent a message to the Benjaminites at the rock of Rimmon, and they offered them peace.

  • 31The descendants of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel, and its surrounding villages.

  • 38From across the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with every kind of weapon for war.

  • 15These Gadites were the leaders of the army; the least of them was a match for a hundred men, and the greatest for a thousand.

  • 15Meanwhile, Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

  • 22Then the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the descendants of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

  • 22Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or destroy my name from my father's family.

  • 12In every city, he placed shields and spears and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.

  • 41The king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. All the people of Judah and half the people of Israel escorted the king.

  • 34Ten thousand of Israel's finest men advanced against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was closing in on them.

  • 20When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 14At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.