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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.
23
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.
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Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand one hundred.
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Of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred.
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Likewise Jehoiada, prince
of those of the lineage of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred;
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and Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.