1 Chronicles 12:16-22
Some Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David. David
went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in
friendship, to help me, then my heart will be knit to you; but if you have
come to betray me to my adversaries, though my hands have done no wrong,
then may the God of our ancestors see and give judgment." Then the spirit
came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said,
"We are yours, O David;
and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to the one who helps you!
For your God is the one who helps you."
Then David received them, and made them officers of his troops.
Some of the Manassites 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, "He will desert to
his master Saul at the cost of our heads.") As he went to Ziklag these
Manassites deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad,
Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of the thousands in Manasseh. They helped
David against the band of raiders, for they were all warriors and
commanders in the army. Indeed from day to day people kept coming to
David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.
