1Chronicles:12:1-22
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Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag ,
while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish ;
and they were among the mighty men ,
his helpers in war .
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They were armed with bows ,
and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow :
they were of Saul '
s brothers of Benjamin .
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The chief was Ahiezer ;
then Joash ,
the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite ,
and Jeziel ,
and Pelet ,
the sons of Azmaveth ,
and Beracah ,
and Jehu the Anathothite ,
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and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite ,
a mighty man among the thirty ,
and over the thirty ,
and Jeremiah ,
and Jahaziel ,
and Johanan ,
and Jozabad the Gederathite ,
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Eluzai ,
and Jerimoth ,
and Bealiah ,
and Shemariah ,
and Shephatiah the Haruphite ,
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Elkanah ,
and Isshiah ,
and Azarel ,
and Joezer ,
and Jashobeam ,
the Korahites ,
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and Joelah ,
and Zebadiah ,
the sons of Jeroham of Gedor .
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And of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness ,
mighty men of valor ,
men trained for war ,
that could handle shield and spear ;
whose faces were like the faces of lions ,
and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains ;
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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 ,
Machbannai the eleventh .
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These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host :
he who was least was equal to a hundred ,
and the greatest to a thousand .
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These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month ,
when it had overflowed all its banks ;
and they put to flight all them of the valleys ,
both toward the east ,
and toward the west .
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And there came of the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David .
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And David went out to meet them ,
and answered and said to them ,
If you (
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have come peaceably to me to help me ,
my heart will be knit to you {+};
but if [
you {+}
have come ]
to betray me to my adversaries ,
seeing there is no wrong in my hands ,
the God of our fathers look on it ,
and rebuke it .
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Then the Spirit came upon Amasai ,
who was chief of the elite troops , [
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 helps you .
Then David received them ,
and made them captains of the band .
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Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David ,
when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle :
but they didn '
t help them ;
for the lords of the Philistines on advisement sent him away ,
saying ,
He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads .
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As he went to Ziklag ,
there fell to him of Manasseh ,
Adnah ,
and Jozabad ,
and Jediael ,
and Michael ,
and Jozabad ,
and Elihu ,
and Zillethai ,
captains of thousands who were of Manasseh .
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And they helped David against the band of rovers :
for they were all mighty men of valor ,
and were captains in the host .
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For from day to day men came to David to help him ,
until there was a great host ,
like the host of God .