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1 Chronicles 12:38-40
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38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march.[a] They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation;[b] all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king.[c] 39 They spent three days feasting[d] there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions. 40 Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb,[e] for Israel was celebrating.[f]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 12:38 tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (ʿodere, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (ʿorekhe, “prepared for”).
  2. 1 Chronicles 12:38 tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 12:38 tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 12:39 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 12:40 tn Heb “cattle and sheep.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 12:40 tn Heb “for there was joy in Israel.”
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