1 Chronicles 12:40

They that were nigh] i.e. relations.

The total numbers of those who assembled to crown David at Hebron, as enumerated in 1 Chronicles 12:23, amount to 340,822, a military force (1 Chronicles 12:23) which contrasts remarkably with the 30,000 (described as 'all the chosen men of Israel') of 2 Samuel 6:1. It is noteworthy, too, that 128,600 come from the three northern and most distant tribes, Rebulun, Naphtali, and Asher; 120,000 from the eastern tribes, Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh; and only 6,800 from Judah. Some corruption of the numbers may be suspected.