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1 Chronicles 12:37-39
New Catholic Bible
1 Chronicles 12:37-39
New Catholic Bible
37 From the eastern side of the Jordan, there were one hundred and twenty thousand men armed with every different type of weapon from Reuben, Gad, and one-half of the tribe of Manasseh.
38 All of these were well-trained fighting men. They came to Hebron for they wholeheartedly wanted to make David king over all of Israel. The rest of Israel was in agreement to make David king.[a] 39 They spent three days eating and drinking with David (for their brethren had provided provisions for them).
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- 1 Chronicles 12:38 There was an extraordinary show of support for making David their king—both from the military (over 300,000) and general population.
