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1 Chronicles 12:8-18

8AndoftheGadites, there separated themselvestoDavidinthestrongholdinthewilderness mightymenofvalour,menfitfortheserviceofwar, armedwithshieldandspear;whosefaceswere[like]thefacesoflions,andwhowereswiftasthegazelles uponthemountains:

9Ezerthefirst, Obadiahthesecond, Eliabthethird,

10Mishmannahthefourth, Jeremiahthefifth,

11Attaithesixth, Elieltheseventh,

12Johanantheeighth, Elzabadtheninth,

13Jeremiahthetenth, Machbannaitheeleventh.

14These wereofthesonsofGad, captainsofthehost: oneoftheleastwasover a hundred,andthegreatest over a thousand.

15ThesearetheythatwentoverJordaninthefirstmonth,whenitoverflowsallits banks,andtheyputtoflightall[them]ofthevalleys,towardtheeastandtowardthewest.

16AndtherecameofthechildrenofBenjaminandJudahtothestrongholdtoDavid.

17AndDavidH1732wentH935outtomeetthem,andansweredandsaidtothem,IfyecomeH935peaceablytometohelpme,myheartshallbeknit untoyou;butiftobetraymetomineenemies, seeingthereisnowronginmyhands,theGodofourfatherssee[it]andrebuke [it].

18AndtheSpiritcameבָּאתֶ֤םba.TemH935uponAmasai,thechiefofthecaptains, [andhesaidH559,] Thine [arewe],DavidH1732,Andwiththee, thou sonofJesse:PeaceH7965,peaceH7965beH1961tothee!AndpeaceH7965beH1961tothyhelpersH5826!ForthyGodH430helpsH5826thee.AndDavidH1732receivedthem,andmadethemchiefsofbands.

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