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.

These are the numbers of the bands that ... came to David to Hebron - after the death of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 5:1).

To turn the kingdom ... according to the word of the Lord (1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 11:10). The account commence with the southern tribes, Levi being associated with Judah and Simeon, as the great majority of the leading men in this tribe resided in Judah, and, after recounting the representatives of the northern tribes, concludes with those on the east of Jordan.

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