Verse 18
1 Chronicles 12:18
World Messianic Bible
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Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God (Elohim) helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א דָוִיד֮ לִ/פְנֵי/הֶם֒ וַ/יַּ֨עַן֙ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם אִם לְ/שָׁל֞וֹם בָּאתֶ֤ם אֵלַ/י֙ לְ/עָזְרֵ֔/נִי יִֽהְיֶה לִּ֧/י עֲלֵי/כֶ֛ם לֵבָ֖ב לְ/יָ֑חַד וְ/אִֽם לְ/רַמּוֹתַ֣/נִי לְ/צָרַ֗/י בְּ/לֹ֤א חָמָס֙ בְּ/כַפַּ֔/י יֵ֛רֶא אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵ֖י/נוּ וְ/יוֹכַֽח
English Translation
And David went out before them and answered and said to them, "If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be with you together; but if to betray me to my enemies, without any wrong in my hands, let God of my ancestors see and judge."
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Chapter 12 Context
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Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he was a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish....
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They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in...
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The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of...
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Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader of the thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel...
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Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Haruphite;
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Elkanah, Isshiah Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
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and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
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Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for...
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Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
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Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
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Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
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Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
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Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh.
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These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and t...
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These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; a...
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Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
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David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my hea...
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Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and...
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Some of Manasseh also joined David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle; but th...
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As he went to Ziklag, some from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elih...
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They helped David against the band of rovers; for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captai...
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For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like God (Elohim)’s...
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These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to...
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The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.
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Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand one hundred.
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Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.
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Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand seven hundred,
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and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.
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Of the children of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, three thousand: for until then, the greatest part of...
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Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their f...
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Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David...
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Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do...
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Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kin...
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Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
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Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
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Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand...
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On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh,...
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All these were men of war, who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron...
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They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had supplied provisio...
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Moreover those who were near to them, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on do...
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