1 Chronicles 12:13-15

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^8-13Great and brave warriors from the tribe of Gad also went to David in the wilderness. They were experts with both shield and spear and were “lion-faced men, swift as deer upon the mountains.”

Ezer was the chief;

Obadiah was second in command;

Eliab was third in command;

Mishmannah was fourth in command;

Jeremiah was fifth in command;

Attai was sixth in command;

Eliel was seventh in command;

Johanan was eighth in command;

Elzabad was ninth in command;

Jeremiah was tenth in command;

Machbannai was eleventh in command.

¹⁴These men were army officers; the weakest was worth a hundred normal troops, and the greatest was worth a thousand! ¹⁵They crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding and conquered the lowlands on both the east and west banks.

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