Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 12:39-40

"And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them. Moreover they that were nigh unto them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel." — 1 Chronicles 12:39-40 (ASV)

The coronation feast. (Compare to 1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 1:19; 1 Kings 1:25; the usurpation of Adonijah.)

Their brethren.—Fellow tribesmen of Judah, especially those living at and around Hebron.

Had prepared provisions—2 Chronicles 35:14.