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1 Chronicles 12:8-18

8AndoftheGadites there separated themselves unto Davidtothestrongholdinthewilderness, mightymenofvalor,mentrainedforwar,thatcould handle shieldandspear;whosefaceswerelikethefacesoflions,andtheywereasswiftastheroes uponthemountains:

9Ezerthechief, Obadiahthesecond, Eliabthethird,

10Mishmannahthefourth, Jeremiahthefifth,

11Attaithesixth, Elieltheseventh,

12Johanantheeighth, Elzabadtheninth,

13Jeremiahthetenth, Machbannaitheeleventh.

14TheseofthesonsofGad were captainsofthehost:hethatwasleastwasequaltoa hundred,andthegreatesttoa thousand.

15ThesearetheythatwentovertheJordaninthefirstmonth,whenithadoverflowedallits banks;andtheyputtoflightallthemofthevalleys, bothtowardtheeastandtowardthewest.

16AndtherecameofthechildrenofBenjaminandJudahtothestronghold unto David.

17AndDavidH1732wentH935outtomeetthem,andansweredandsaid untothem,IfyebecomeH935peaceably untometohelpme,myheartshallbeknit untoyou;butifyebecomeH935tobetraymetomineadversaries, seeingthereisnowronginmyhands,theGodofourfathers look thereon,andrebukeit.

18ThentheSpiritcameבָּאתֶ֤םba.TemH935uponAmasai,whowasH1961chiefofthethirty,andhesaidH559, Thinearewe,DavidH1732,andonthy side, thou sonofJesse:peaceH7965,peaceH7965beH1961unto thee,andpeaceH7965beH1961tothyhelpersH5826;forthyGodH430helpeth thee.ThenDavidH1732receivedthem,andmadethemcaptainsoftheband.

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