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Then the Spirit gave Amasai, the leader of the thirty, the strength [to say], "We are yours, David. We are with you, son of Jesse. Success, success to you! Success to those who help you, because your God is helping you." So David welcomed them and made them officers over his troops.
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Some men from Manasseh had deserted [Saul's army] to join David when he went with the Philistines to attack Saul. (However, David didn't help the Philistines because their rulers sent him away after considering the matter. They said, "It will cost us our heads when he deserts and joins his master Saul.")
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When David went to Ziklag, these men from Manasseh deserted to join him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each one was an officer over 1,000 men in Manasseh.
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They helped David fight raiding parties because they were all warriors, commanders in the army.
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From day to day, men came to help David until he had an army as large as God's army.
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These are the numbers of the men equipped for war. The men joined David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingship over to David, as the LORD had said.
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From Judah's descendants there were 6,800 men equipped for war. They carried shields and spears.
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From Simeon's descendants there were 7,100 warriors.
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From Levi's descendants there were 4,600
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as well as Jehoiada (leader of Aaron's families). With him there were 3,700 men,
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and Zadok, a young warrior from whose family came 22 officers.