Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
The Chronicler stressed the skill, training, competence and high social standing of several of the persons mentioned.  Some writers have attempted to downgrade David's `six hundred men' as "Debtors, discontented and desperate men,"[2] but this is merely a part of their evil campaign against the whole Book of Chronicles.  Why?  Chronicles is an effective denial of their favorite fairy tale that denies the Books of Moses.