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- Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
- David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace, to help me, I am ready to have you unite with me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you."
- Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: "We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you." So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.
- Some of the men of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, "It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.")
- When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh.
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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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- They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army.
- Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
- These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingdom over to him, as the LORD had said:
- men of Judah, carrying shield and spear-6,800 armed for battle;
- men of Simeon, warriors ready for battle-7,100;
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- And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
- For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
- And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
- The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
- Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
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- men of Levi-4,600,
- including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
- and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;
- men of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen-3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until then;
- men of Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans-20,800;
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- Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
- And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
- And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
- And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
- And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
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- men of half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king-18,000;
- men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do--200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;
- men of Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty-50,000;
- men of Naphtali-1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;
- men of Dan, ready for battle-28,600;
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- And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
- And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
- Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
- And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
- And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
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- men of Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle-40,000;
- and from east of the Jordan, men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon-120,000.
- All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king.
- The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.
- Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.
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- And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
- And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
- All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
- And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
- Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
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