1 Chronicles 12:16
14 These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
17 And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
- KJV
- And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
- WEB
- Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
- ASV
- And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.
- DARBY
- And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
- BLB
- And there came [some] from the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
- ÅB
- Det kom også noen av Benjamins og Judas barn til David, helt til fjellborgen.
- OTB
- Så kom noen fra stammene Benjamin og Juda til David i festningen.
- B1930
- Det kom også nogen av Benjamins og Judas barn til David, helt til fjellborgen.