from the sons of Ephraim 20,800 valliant warriors, famous men in their clan;
from the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen, 3,000 for up to that time the majority of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house;
from the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000 who were designated by name to come and make David king;
The firstborn ox—majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he gores peoples, all at once, to the ends of the earth. They are the myriads of Ephraim, they are the thousands of Manasseh.’