- 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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- Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
- David went out to meet them, and said to them, "If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide."
- Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, And with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, And peace to him who helps you; Indeed, your God helps you!" Then David received them and made them captains of the band.
- From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, "At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul."
- As he went to Ziklag there defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.
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