God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 12:19
19Some 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.”)
1 Chronicles 12:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
- New International Version (NIV)Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)
- English Standard Version (ESV)Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, "At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.")
- New King James Version (NKJV)And some from Manasseh defected to David when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying, “He may defect to his master Saul and endanger our heads.”
Context of 1 Chronicles 12:19
17David went to meet them. He told them, “If you’ve come to help me as friends would, then you may join me. But if you’ve come to betray me to my enemies, even though I haven’t committed a crime, may the God of our ancestors see this and judge you.” 18Then 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. 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.”) 20When 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. 21They helped David fight raiding parties because they were all warriors, commanders in the army.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 121 Chronicles 12:19 word by word
וּמִֽמְּנַשֶּׁ֞ה נָפְל֣וּ עַל־דָּוִ֗יד בְּבֹא֨וֹ עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים עַל־שָׁא֛וּל לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א עֲזָרֻ֑ם כִּ֣י בְעֵצָ֗ה שִׁלְּחֻ֜הוּ סַרְנֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בְּרָאשֵׁ֕ינוּ יִפּ֖וֹל אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֥יו שָׁאֽוּל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And there fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: desertingH5307
- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
- to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- when he cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- with the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
- against Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
- to battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- but they helpedעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
- them not: for the lordsסֶ֫רֶןseren · lordH5633
- upon advisementעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
- sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- him away, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to his masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
- our headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 12:19
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 12:19
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22Support for making David king started before Saul's death. When Saul was king and David was on the run, warriors joined David, forming a large group from various tribes across Israel. Even Saul's relatives left him to support David as king (1 Chronicles 12:2). David wisely assessed these deserters (1 Chronicles 12:17) to ensure they were not spies for Saul. Before David was officially anointed at Hebron, the people's wishes aligned with God's will for…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. there fell some of Manasseh--The period of their accession is fixed as the time when David came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. but they helped them not--(See on 1Sa 29:4).Read the comment
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