I. CHRONICLEs XII. 17.

7 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 oknit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there 7s no wrong in mine hands, the_=God_of our fathers ‘look thereon, and rebuke it.”
18 Then the Spirit ¢ came_upon ~Ama- sai, 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.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to xbattle: but they helped them not: for the_» lords_ of the Philistines upon_co advisement sent_him_away, saying, “ He will_fall to his =master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.”
20 As he went to Ziklag, there_fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediaél, and Michaél, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, pcaptains_of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21 And thep helped , David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty_men_of valour, and were p captains in the host.
= For at that time day by day there teame to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the_host_of =God.
33 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 Lorp.
24 The_schildren_of Judah +that_bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready_armed to the war.
°3 Of the_s children_of Simeon, migh-
“|ty_men_of valour for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the_schildren_of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
2 And Jehoiada was the leader_of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred ;
23 And Zadok, a young_man mighty_ of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
3 And of the_schildren_of Benjamin,
- |the_kindred_of Saul, three thousand :
for hitherto the_greatest_part_of_them a
30 And of the_schildren_of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty_men of valour, ™ famous throughout the_house_of their fathers.
31 And of the_half tribe_of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were_express- pa by name, to come and make -Dayid
ig. ® And of the_schildren_of Issachar, which were men +that _had _under- standing of the times, to know what Israélought_to_do; the_heads_ofthem were two_hundred; and all their brethren were at their ™ commandment. 3 Of Zebulun, -such_as_went_forth to battle, sexpert in war, with all instru-
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