'Troops' in the Bible

So David received them and assigned them to be officers over troops. Some of the descendants of Manasseh joined David when he was going to fight against Saul, accompanied by the Philistines. Even so, David was of no help to them, because the Philistine rulers were counseled to send him away. They told themselves, "He's going to go over to his master Saul at the cost of our heads."

What follows is a listing of the divisions of battle-ready troops who joined David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, in accordance with what the LORD had spoken.

The tribe of Zebulun supplied 50,000 experienced troops, trained in the use of every kind of war weapon, in order to help David with undivided loyalty.

The tribe of Naphtali supplied 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 troops armed with shields and spears.

The tribe of Dan supplied 28,600 battle-ready troops.

The tribe of Asher supplied 40,000 experienced, battle-ready troops.