1 Chronicles 12:16
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
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.