A   These are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag, whyle he yet kept hym selfe close, because of Saul þe; sonne of Cis: and they were very stronge helpers in battell. They were weapened with bowes, ∧ coulde hurlle stones with the ryght h&abar;de and with the lyft and shote arowes oute of a bowe, ∧ were of Sauls brethren, eu&ebar; of Beniamin. The chefest were Ahiezer, and Ioas þe; sonnes of Simaa a Gibeonite, and Ieziel and Pelet the sonnes of Asmaneth. Beracah and Iehu of Anathoth. And Ismaia a gilbeonite a mightie Dauid man amonge thyrtie, and more then the thyrtie. Ieremiah, Iehaziel, Iohanan, ∧ Iosabad of Gedor. Eleusai, Ierimoth Bealia Semaria, and Seaphatia, the Haraphites. Elcana, Iesia, Azarael, Ioezer, Iosebeam Hakorim. Ioela and Zebadiah the sonnes of Ieroam of Gedud:

B   And of the Gadites there separated them selues, some vnto Dauid into the holde of þe; wyldernesse, men of myghte, and men apte for warre, ∧ þt; coulde h&abar;dle shylde and speare, whose faces were lyke the faces of Lions, and they were as swyfte as the Rooes in the mountaynes: Ezer the fyrst, Obdia the sec&obar;de, ∧ Eliab the thyrde, Masinana the fourth, Ieremia the fyfte. Atthai the syxte, Eliel the seuenth, Iohanan the eyght, Elsabath the nynth, Ieremia the tenth, and Machbaonai the eleuenth. These were of þe; sonnes of Gad, and were captaynes ouer the men of warre, the small pursued an hundred, and the great a thousande. These are they that went ouer Iordan in the fyrst moneth when he had fylled ouer all hys banckes. And they put to flyght all them of the valeye both towarde the East and Weste.

C   And there came of the chyldren of Beniamin and Iuda to the holde vnto Dauid. And Dauid w&ebar;t out to mete them and answered, and sayde vnto th&ebar;, If ye be come peasablye vnto me, to helpe me, myne hert shalbe knytt vnto you. But and yf you come to betraye me to myne aduersaryes (seynge ther is no wyckednes in myne handes) the God of oure fathers loke theron and rebuke it. And the spiryte came vpon Amasai which was the chefe amonge thyrtye, and he sayde, thyne are we Dauid, and on thy syde thou sonne of Iesai: ^note Peace, peace be vnto the, and peace be to thyne helpers, for thy God is thine helpe. Then Dauid receaued them, and made them heedes of companyes of the men of warre.

D   And there fell some of Manasse to Dauid when he came with the Philistines agaynst Saul to battell, ^note but they helped them not For þe; Lordes of the Philistiues toke advysement and sent hym awaye agayne sayinge he wyll fall to hys Master Saul to the ieopardie of oure heedes. As he went to Ziklag, there fell to hym of Manasseh: Adna Iozadad, Iediel, Michael, Iozabad, Elihu and Zilthai, heedes of the thousandes that were of Manasse. And they holpe Dauid agaynst the rouers. For they were all myghtie m&ebar; of warre, and captaynes in the hoost. For at that tyme there came one or other to Dauid daye by daye to helpe hym: vntyll it was a greate hoost, lyke the hooste of God.

And this is the n&obar;bre of the chefe captaynes that were prepared to battell, and came to Dauid to Hebron, to turne the kyngdome

Dauid of Saul to hym, &abar;ccordynge to the worde of the Lorde.

E   The chyldren of Iuda that bare shylde ∧ speare, were syxe thousande and eyght hundred ready prepared to þe; warre. Of the chyldren of Simeon, men of myght to warre, seuen thousande and one hundred. Of the chyldren of Leui, foure thousande and syxe hundred. And Iehoiada was the chefe of them of Aaron, and with him thre thousande and seuen h&ubar;dred. And Zadock a younge man str&obar;g and valeaunt ∧ of his fathers housholde .xxii captaynes. And of the children of Beniamin the brethren of Saul, thre thousande. And a greate parte of them dyd (vnto that tyme) folowe the house of Saul.

And of the children of Ephraim .xx. thousande ∧ eyght hundred mightye men of warre and famous men in the housholde of their fathers. F   And of the halfe trybe of Manasseh xviii. thousande, which were appoynted by name to come and make Dauid kynge. And of the chyldren of Isacar, which were men þt; had understandynge in the ryght tyme, to knowe (howe to c&obar;maunde) what Israel ought to do. The heedes of them were two h&ubar;dred and all their brethr&ebar; were at their wyll. And of Zabul&obar; that went out to the battayll and proceded forth to the warre, &wt; all maner of instrumentes of warre, fyftye thousand that were prepared to the warre, without anye dublenesse of hart. And of Nephthali a thousande captaynes, and with them (with shyld ∧ speare) xxxvii. thousande. And of Dan prepared to battel .xxviii. thousande ∧ syxe hundred. And of Asser that went out to the warre ∧ kepte the forefront of the batell, fourtye thousand. And of þe; other syde of Iordan, of þe; Rubenites, G   and Gaddites ∧ of the halfe tribe of Manasse, with all maner of instrumentes of warre, an hundred ∧ twentye thousande.

All these were men of warre, kepynge the forefront of the batell with perfect hart, and came to Hebron to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. And all the rest of Israel was of one accorde, to make Dauid king. And there they were with Dauid thre dayes, eatynge and drincking: for theyr brethren had prepared for them. Moreouer they that were nye them, vntyll Isacar, Zabul&obar; and Nephtali, brought breade on Asses, Camels, Mules, ∧ oxen, and meate: floure, fygges, reasyngs, wyne and oyle, oxen, and shepe abound&abar;tlie. For there was ioye in Israel.

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