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These
were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host. One of the least
was over one hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.
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These went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all its banks, and they put to flight all
those of the valleys to the east and to the west.
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Likewise,
some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David, to the fortress.
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And David went out to meet them and answered and said unto them, If you are come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if
you are come to betray me to my enemies, seeing
there is no violence in my hands,
let the God of our fathers look
thereon and rebuke
it.
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Then the spirit clothed himself in Amasai,
who was chief of the thirty,
and he said, For thee, O David, and with thee, thou son of Jesse. Peace, peace
be unto thee, and peace
be to thy helpers; for thy God helps thee. Then David received them and put them among the captains of the band.
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And
some of Manasseh passed over to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, although they did not help them, for the cardinals of the Philistines, upon counsel, sent him away, saying, He will pass over to his master Saul with our heads.
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As he went to Ziklag, there passed over to him of Manasseh, Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zilthai, heads of the thousands that
were of Manasseh.
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And they helped David with a band; for they
were all mighty men of valour and were captains in the host.
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For at
that time help came every day to David until
it was a great camp, like the camp of God.
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And this
is the number of the heads of those that were ready armed for war
and came to David in Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
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Of the sons of Judah that bore shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred, ready armed for war.