- 又有便雅悯和犹大人到山寨大卫那里。
- 大卫出去迎接他们,对他们说,你们若是和和平平地来帮助我,我心就与你们相契。你们若是将我这无罪的人卖在敌人手里,愿我们列祖的神察看责罚。
- 那时神的灵感动那三十个勇士的首领亚玛撒,他就说,大卫阿,我们是归于你的。耶西的儿子阿,我们是帮助你的。愿你平平安安,愿帮助你的也都平安。因为你的神帮助你。大卫就收留他们,立他们作军长。
- 大卫从前与非利士人同去,要与扫罗争战,有些玛拿西人来投奔大卫,他们却没有帮助非利士人。因为非利士人的首领商议,打发他们回去,说,恐怕大卫拿我们的首级,归降他的主人扫罗。
- 大卫往洗革拉去的时候,有玛拿西人的千夫长押拿,约撒拔,耶叠,米迦勒,约撒拔,以利户,洗勒太都来投奔他。
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- And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
- And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
- Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
- And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
- As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
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