Then Abner spoke privately with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to.
When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him.
From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul.
From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.
There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.