Faith
Temple Ministries Apostolic Annual Men's Day Program
May
18th,
2014
Theme
“Men of Valor”
1 Chronicles 12
King James Version (KJV)
12 Now
these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept
himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among
the mighty men, helpers of the war.
2 They
were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left
in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
3 The chief was
Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel,
and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the
Antothite.
4 And Ismaiah the
Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
8 And
of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to
the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that
could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like
the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
14 These
were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was
over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
15 These
are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
17 And
David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye
be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto
you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is
no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and
rebuke it.
18 Then
the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he
said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace,
peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God
helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the
band.
19 And
there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the
lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He
will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20 As
he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad,
and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,
captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21 And
they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22 For
at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was
a great host, like the host of God.
23 And these are the
numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to
David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the
word of the Lord.
24 The
children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and
eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
27 And
Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three
thousand and seven hundred;
29 And
of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for
hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of
Saul.
30 And
of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty
men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31 And of the half
tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to
come and make David king.
32 And of the
children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the
times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two
hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
33 Of Zebulun, such
as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war,
fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
34 And of Naphtali a
thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and
seven thousand.
37 And on the other
side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half
tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the
battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38 All these men of
war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to
make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were
of one heart to make David king.
39 And there they
were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren
had prepared for them.
40 Moreover they that
were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought
bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat,
meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and
oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
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