1. Tarihler 12

¹Kis oğlu Saul yüzünden hareket alanı henüz kısıtlanmışken, Sikelag'da Davut'un yanına gelenler şunlardır; bunlar da savaşta ona yardım eden yiğitler arasındaydı.

²Hem sağ hem sol elleriyle yay kullanabilen, taş fırlatan sapanatıcılar ve yay kullanan okçulardı; Saul'un kardeşlerinden, Benyamin oymağındandılar.

³Başbuğ Ahiezer ve Gabathalı Asma'nın oğlu Yoas, Asmot'un oğulları Yoel ve Yophalet, Berhia ve Anatotlu Yeul,

⁴Otuzlar arasında yiğit bir adam ve otuzların üzerinde olan Gabaonlu Samayas,

⁵Yeremya, Yeziel, Yohanan ve Gadarathiimli Yozabat,

⁶Azai, Yarimut, Baalya, Samaraya ve Charaiphiel'li Saphatias,

⁷Elkana, Yesuni, Ozriel, Yozara, Sobokam ve Koriteliler,

⁸Iraam'ın oğulları Yelia ve Zabadya ve Gedor'un adamları.

⁹Gadlılardan da çölden Davut'un yanına ayrılan, büyük kalkanlar ve mızraklar taşıyan, savaş düzenine alışkın, güçlü ve yiğit savaşçılar vardı; yüzleri aslan yüzü gibiydi ve dağlardaki ceylanlar kadar hızlıydılar.

¹⁰Başbuğ Azer, ikincisi Abdias, üçüncüsü Eliab,

¹¹dördüncüsü Masmana, beşincisi Hermia,

¹²Altıncısı Iethi, yedincisi Eliab,

¹³sekizincisi Ioanan, dokuzuncusu Eliazer,

¹⁴onuncusu Hermia, on birincisi Melchabanai.

¹⁵Gad oğullarından olan bu ordu komutanlarının en küçüğü yüz kişiye, en büyüğü ise bin kişiye komuta ederdi.

¹⁶Birinci ayda, Şeria Nehri bütün kıyı setlerini aşarak taşmışken onu geçenler bunlardı; vadilerde oturanların hepsini doğuya ve batıya doğru kaçırdılar.

¹⁷Benyamin ve Yahuda oğullarından da Davut'a yardım etmek için gelenler oldu.

¹⁸Davut onları karşılamaya çıktı ve onlara şöyle dedi: "Eğer yanıma barışla, bana yardım etmeye geldiyseniz, yüreğim sizinle bir olsun; ama ellerimde hiçbir haksızlık yokken beni düşmanlarıma ele vermeye geldiyseniz, atalarımızın Tanrısı bunu görsün ve yargılasın."

¹⁹O zaman Ruh, otuzların başı Amasai'yi bir giysi gibi kuşattı ve o şöyle dedi: "Yürü, seninleyiz ey Davut, Yesse oğlu, seninle ve senin halkınla! Esenlik, esenlik olsun sana, esenlik olsun sana yardım edenlere! Çünkü Tanrın sana yardım etmiştir." Davut da onları kabul etti ve onları ordunun başbuğları yaptı.

²⁰Filistliler Saul'la savaşmak için geldiklerinde, Manasse'den de Davut'un tarafına geçenler oldu. Ancak Davut onlara yardım etmedi; çünkü Filistlilerin komutanları danışarak, "Bu adamların başları pahasına efendisi Saul'un tarafına dönecektir" diyerek onu geri gönderdiler.

²¹Davut Sikelag'a dönerken, Manasse'den onun tarafına geçenler şunlardı: Edna, Yozabat, Rodiel, Mikail, Yosabayit, Elimut ve Semati; bunlar Manasse'nin binbaşılarıydı.

²²Akıncı çetesine karşı Davut'la birlikte savaştılar; çünkü hepsi güçlü ve yiğit adamlar olup orduda komutan oldular.

²³Nitekim Tanrı'nın ordusu gibi büyük bir güç olana dek, her gün Davut'a yardım etmek için adamlar geliyordu.

²⁴RAB'bin sözü uyarınca, Saul'un krallığını ona devretmek için Hebron'da Davut'un yanına gelen ordu başbuğlarının isimleri şunlardır:

²⁵Yahuda oğullarından büyük kalkan ve mızrak taşıyan, savaşa hazır altı bin sekiz yüz yiğit;

²⁶Şimon oğullarından savaşa hazır, güçlü ve yiğit yedi bin yüz kişi;

²⁷Levi oğullarından dört bin altı yüz kişi;

²⁸Harun soyunun önderi Yoyada ve onunla birlikte üç bin yedi yüz kişi;

²⁹Genç ve güçlü bir yiğit olan Sadok ve baba evinden yirmi iki komutan;

³⁰Benyamin oğullarından, yani Saul'un kardeşlerinden üç bin kişi; bunların büyük bir kısmı o zamana dek hâlâ Saul evinin nöbetini tutuyordu;

³¹Efraim oğullarından kendi baba soylarına göre ad salmış, güçlü ve yiğit yirmi bin sekiz yüz kişi;

³²Manasse yarım oymağından, Davut'u kral yapmak için adlarıyla belirlenmiş on sekiz bin kişi;

³³İssakar oğullarından zamanın gidişatını anlayan, İsrail'in ne yapması gerektiğini bilen iki yüz önder ve onların buyruğu altındaki bütün kardeşleri;

³⁴Zabulon'dan her türlü savaş silahıyla kuşanmış, savaşa çıkmaya hazır, Davut'a elleri boş olmayacak şekilde yardım edecek elli bin kişi;

³⁵Neftali'den bin komutan ve onlarla birlikte büyük kalkan ve mızrak taşıyan otuz yedi bin kişi;

³⁶Danlılardan savaşa hazır yirmi sekiz bin sekiz yüz kişi;

³⁷Aşer'den savaşa çıkıp yardım etmeye hazır kırk bin kişi;

³⁸Şeria'nın öbür yakasından, Rubenlilerden, Gadlılardan ve Manasse yarım oymağından her türlü savaş silahıyla kuşanmış yüz yirmi bin kişi.

³⁹Bütün bu savaşçılar, saf halinde dizilmiş olarak, Davut'u tüm İsrail üzerine kral yapmak için barışçıl bir canla Hebron'a geldiler; İsrail'in geri kalanı da Davut'u kral yapmakta tek bir can idi.

⁴⁰Orada Davut'la birlikte üç gün yiyip içtiler; çünkü kardeşleri onlar için hazırlık yapmıştı.

⁴¹Ayrıca İssakar, Zabulon ve Neftali'ye kadar onlara yakın komşu olanlar; develer, eşekler, katırlar ve öküzler üzerinde bol bol yiyecekler, un, incir pestilleri, kuru üzümler, şarap ve zeytinyağı, bol miktarda sığır ve koyun getirdiler; çünkü İsrail'de büyük bir sevinç vardı.

¹ΚΑΙ οὗτοι οἱ ἐλθόντες πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς Σικελάγ, ἔτι συνεχομένου ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαοὺλ υἱοῦ Κίς, καὶ οὗτοι ἐν τοῖς δυνατοῖς βοηθοῦντες ἐν πολέμῳ

²καὶ τόξῳ ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ ἐξ ἀριστερῶν καὶ σφενδονῆται ἐν λίθοις καὶ τόξοις· ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν Σαοὺλ ἐκ Βενιαμίν·

³ὁ ἄρχων ᾿Αχιέζερ καὶ ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸς ᾿Ασμὰ τοῦ Γαβαθίτου καὶ ᾿Ιωὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωφαλὴτ υἱοὶ ᾿Ασμὼθ καὶ Βερχία καὶ ᾿Ιηοὺλ ὁ ᾿Αναθωθὶ

⁴καὶ Σαμαΐας ὁ Γαβαωνίτης δυνατὸς ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τριάκοντα

⁵῾Ιερεμία καὶ ᾿Ιεζιὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ ᾿Ιωζαβὰθ ὁ Γαδαραθιίμ,

⁶᾿Αζαΐ καὶ ᾿Ιαριμοὺθ καὶ Βααλιὰ καὶ Σαμαραΐα καὶ Σαφατίας ὁ Χαραιφιήλ,

⁷῾Ηλκανὰ καὶ ᾿Ιησουνὶ καὶ ᾿Οζριὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωζαρὰ καὶ Σοβοκὰμ καὶ οἱ Κορῖται

⁸καὶ ᾿Ιελία καὶ Ζαβαδία υἱοὶ ᾿Ιραὰμ καὶ οἱ τοῦ Γεδώρ.

⁹καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαδδὶ ἐχωρίσθησαν πρὸς Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρήμου ἰσχυροὶ δυνατοὶ ἄνδρες παρατάξεως πολέμου αἴροντες θυρεοὺς καὶ δόρατα, καὶ πρόσωπον λέοντος τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ κοῦφοι ὡς δορκάδες ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων τῷ τάχει·

¹⁰᾿Αζὲρ ὁ ἄρχων, ᾿Αβδία ὁ δεύτερος, ᾿Ελιὰβ ὁ τρίτος,

¹¹Μασμανὰ ὁ τέταρτος, ῾Ιερμιὰ ὁ πέμπτος,

¹²᾿Ιεθὶ ὁ ἕκτος, ᾿Ελιὰβ ὁ ἕβδομος, 13᾿Ιωανὰν ὁ ὄγδοος, ᾿Ελιαζὲρ ὁ ἔνατος,

¹⁴῾Ιερμιὰ ὁ δέκατος, Μελχαβαναὶ ὁ ἑνδέκατος.

¹⁵οὗτοι ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Γὰδ ἄρχοντες τῆς στρατιᾶς, εἷς τοῖς ἑκατὸν μικρὸς καὶ μέγας τοῖς χιλίοις.

¹⁶οὗτοι οἱ διαβάντες τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ πρώτῳ, καὶ οὗτος πεπληρωκὼς ἐπὶ πᾶσαν κρηπῖδα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξεδίωξαν πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας αὐλῶνας ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἕως δυσμῶν.

¹⁷καὶ ἦλθον ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν καὶ ᾿Ιούδα εἰς βοήθειαν τοῦ Δαυίδ,

¹⁸καὶ Δαυὶδ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· εἰ εἰς εἰρήνην ἥκατε πρός με, εἴη μοι καρδία καθ᾿ ἑαυτὴν ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς· καὶ εἰ τοῦ παραδοῦναί με τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου οὐκ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ χειρός, ἴδοι ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν καὶ ἐλέγξαιτο.

¹⁹καὶ πνεῦμα ἐνέδυσε τὸν ᾿Αμασαὶ ἄρχοντα τῶν τριάκοντα, καὶ εἶπε· πορεύου καὶ ὁ λαός σου Δαυὶδ υἱὸς ᾿Ιεσσαί· εἰρήνη εἰρήνη σοι, καὶ εἰρήνη τοῖς βοηθοῖς σου, ὅτι ἐβοήθησέ σοι ὁ Θεὸς σου. καὶ προσεδέξατο αὐτοὺς Δαυὶδ καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν δυνάμεων.

²⁰καὶ ἀπὸ Μανασσῆ προσεχώρησαν πρὸς Δαυὶδ ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ εἰς πόλεμον· καὶ οὐκ ἐβοήθησεν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐν βουλῇ ἐγένετο παρὰ τῶν στρατηγῶν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων λεγόντων· ἐν ταῖς κεφαλαῖς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων ἐπιστρέψει πρὸς κύριον αὐτοῦ Σαούλ·

²¹ἐν τῷ πορευθῆναι τὸν Δαυὶδ εἰς Σικελὰγ προσεχώρησαν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ Μανασσῆ ᾿Εδνὰ καὶ ᾿Ιωζαβὰθ καὶ Ῥωδιὴλ καὶ Μιχαὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωσαβαὶθ καὶ ᾿Ελιμοὺθ καὶ Σεμαθί, ἀρχηγοὶ χιλιάδων εἰσὶ τοῦ Μανασσῆ.

²²καὶ αὐτοὶ συνεμάχησαν τῷ Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τὸν γεδδούρ, ὅτι δυνατοὶ ἰσχύος πάντες καὶ ἦσαν ἡγούμενοι ἐν τῇ στρατιᾷ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει·

²³ὅτι ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ἤρχοντο πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς δύναμιν μεγάλην ὡς δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ.

²⁴καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἀρχόντων τῆς στρατιᾶς, οἱ ἐλθόντες πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς Χεβρὼν τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὴν βασιλείαν Σαοὺλ πρὸς αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου.

²⁵υἱοὶ ᾿Ιούδα θυρεοφόροι καὶ δορατοφόροι ἓξ χιλιάδες καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι δυνατοὶ παρατάξεως.

²⁶τῶν υἱῶν Συμεὼν δυνατοὶ ἰσχύος εἰς παράταξιν ἑπτὰ χιλιάδες καὶ ἑκατόν.

²⁷τῶν υἱῶν Λευὶ τετρακισχίλιοι καὶ ἑξακόσιοι.

²⁸καὶ ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἡγούμενος τῷ ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ τρεῖς χιλιάδες καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι.

²⁹καὶ Σαδὼκ νέος δυνατὸς ἰσχύϊ καὶ τῆς πατρικῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἄρχοντες εἰκοσιδύο.

³⁰καὶ τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν τῶν ἀδελφῶν Σαοὺλ τρεῖς χιλιάδες· καὶ ἔτι τὸ πλεῖστον αὐτῶν ἀπεσκόπει τὴν φυλακὴν οἴκου Σαούλ.

³¹καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Εφραὶμ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι, δυνατοὶ ἰσχύϊ, ἄνδρες ὀνομαστοὶ κατ᾿ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν.

³²καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμίσους φυλῆς Μανασσῆ δεκαοκτὼ χιλιάδες, οἳ ὠνομάσθησαν ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι τὸν Δαυίδ.

³³καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισσάχαρ γινώσκοντες σύνεσιν εἰς τοὺς καιρούς, γινώσκοντες τί ποιήσαι ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς τὰς ἀρχὰς αὐτῶν, διακόσιοι, καὶ πάντες ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν.

³⁴καὶ ἀπὸ Ζαβουλὼν ἐκπορευόμενοι εἰς παράταξιν πολέμου ἐν πᾶσι σκεύεσι πολεμικοῖς πεντήκοντα χιλιάδες βοηθῆσαι τῷ Δαυὶδ οὐ χεροκένως.

³⁵καὶ ἀπὸ Νεφθαλὶ ἄρχοντες χίλιοι καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐν θυρεοῖς καὶ δόρασι τριακονταεπτὰ χιλιάδες.

³⁶καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν Δανιτῶν παρατασσόμενοι εἰς πόλεμον εἰκοσιοκτὼ χιλιάδες καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι.

³⁷καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ᾿Ασὴρ ἐκπορευόμενοι βοηθῆσαι εἰς πόλεμον τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδες.

³⁸καὶ ἐκ πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου ἀπὸ Ῥουβὴν καὶ Γαδδὶ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμίσους φυλῆς Μανασσῆ ἐν πᾶσι σκεύεσι πολεμικοῖς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χιλιάδες.

³⁹πάντες οὗτοι ἄνδρες πολεμισταὶ παρατασσόμενοι παράταξιν ἐν ψυχῇ εἰρηνικῇ καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Χεβρὼν τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι τὸν Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ πάντα ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ ὁ κατάλοιπος ᾿Ισραὴλ ψυχὴ μία τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι τὸν Δαυίδ.

⁴⁰καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες, ὅτι ἡτοίμασαν οἰ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν.

⁴¹καὶ οἱ ὁμοροῦντες αὐτοῖς ἕως ᾿Ισσάχαρ καὶ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ Νεφθαλὶ ἔφερον αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν καμήλων καὶ τῶν ὄνων καὶ τῶν ἡμιόνων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μόσχων βρώματα, ἄλευρα, παλάθας, σταφίδας, οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον, μόσχους καὶ πρόβατα εἰς πλῆθος, ὅτι εὐφροσύνη ἐν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹And these [are] they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these [were] among the mighty, aiding [him] in war,

²and [using] the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and [shooters] with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,

³the chief [was] Achiezer, and Joas son of Asthma the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and Jeul of Anathoth,

⁴and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty;

⁵[and] Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of Gadarathiim,

⁶Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel,

⁷Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites,

⁸and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the [men] of Gedor.

⁹And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces [were as] the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.

¹⁰Aza the chief, Abdia the second, Eliab the third,

¹¹Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth,

¹²Jethi the sixth, Eliab the seventh,

¹³Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the ninth,

¹⁴Jeremia the tenth, Melchabanai the eleventh.

¹⁵These [were] chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.

¹⁶These [are] the [men] that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.

¹⁷And there came [some] of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.

¹⁸And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if [ye are come] to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.

¹⁹And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, thou and thy people, peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers, for thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.

²⁰And [some] came to David from Manasse, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.

²¹When David was going to Sikelag, there came to him of Manasse, Edna and Jozabath, and Rodiel, and Michael, and Josabaith, and Elimuth, and Semathi, [these] are the captains of thousands of Manasse.

²²And they fought on the side of David against a troop, for they [were] all men of might; and they were commanders in the army, [because] of [their] might.

²³For daily men came to David, [till they amounted] to a great force, as the force of God.

²⁴And these [are] the names of the commanders of the army, who came to David to Chebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the Lord.

²⁵The sons of Juda, bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war.

²⁶Of the sons of Symeon mighty for battle, seven thousand and a hundred.

²⁷Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.

²⁸And Joadas the chief [of the family] of Aaron, and with him three thousand and seven hundred.

²⁹And Sadoc, a young [man] mighty in strength, and [there were] twenty-two leaders of his father’s house.

³⁰And of the sons of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: and still the greater part of them kept the guard of the house of Saul.

³¹And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men, famous in the houses of their fathers.

³²And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even [those] who were named by name, to make David king.

³³And of the sons of Issachar having wisdom with regard to the times, knowing what Israel should do, two hundred; and all their brethren with them.

³⁴And of Zabulon they that went out to battle, with all weapons of war, [were] fifty thousand to help David, not weak-handed.

³⁵And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them [men] with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand.

³⁶And of the Danites [men] ready for war twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred.

³⁷And of Aser, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.

³⁸And from the country beyond Jordan, from Ruben, and the Gadites, and from the half-tribe of Manasse, a hundred and twenty thousand, with all weapons of war.

³⁹All these [were] men of war, setting [the army] in battle array, with a peaceful mind [towards him], and they came to Chebron to make David king over all Israel: and the rest of Israel [were of] one mind to make David king.

⁴⁰And they were there three days eating and drinking, for their brethren [had] made preparations.

⁴¹And their neighbours, as far as Issachar and Zabulon and Nephthali, brought to them upon camels, and asses, and mules, and upon calves, victuals, meal, cakes of figs, raisins, wine, and oil, calves and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel.