1Chronicles:12:1-22
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Now these are they that 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 ,
helpers of the war .
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They were armed with bows ,
and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow ,
even of Saul '
s brethren 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 Berachah ,
and Jehu the Antothite ,
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And Ismaiah the Gibeonite ,
a mighty man among the thirty ,
and over the thirty ;
and Jeremiah ,
and Jahaziel ,
and Johanan ,
and Josabad the Gederathite ,
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Eluzai ,
and Jerimoth ,
and Bealiah ,
and Shemariah ,
and Shephatiah the Haruphite ,
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Elkanah ,
and Jesiah ,
and Azareel ,
and Joezer ,
and Jashobeam ,
the Korhites ,
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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 unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might ,
and men of war fit for the battle ,
that could handle shield and buckler ,
whose faces were like the faces of lions ,
and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains ;
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Ezer the first ,
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 ,
Machbanai the eleventh .
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These were of the sons of Gad ,
captains of the host :
one of the least was over an hundred ,
and the greatest over a thousand .
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These are they that went over Jordan in the first month ,
when it had overflown all his 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 children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 Zilthai ,
captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh .
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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 .
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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 .