1 Chronicles 12:19
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.
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.
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
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Compare
- BSB
- Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
- 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.
- WEB
- Some of Manasseh also joined David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they didn’t help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.”
- ASV
- Of Manasseh also there fell away some 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 away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
- DARBY
- 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 deliberation sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul at the peril of our heads.
- BLB
- And [some] from Manasseh fell to David when he was going with the Philistines against Saul to the battle. (They did not help them, for by counsel the lords of the Philistines sent him away, saying, “With our heads he may fall to his master Saul.”)
- ÅB
- Av Manasse gikk noen over til David da han sammen med filistrene dro ut i strid mot Saul, uten at han dog kom til å hjelpe dem; for filistrenes høvdinger hadde holdt råd og så sendt ham bort, idet de sa: Det vil koste oss våre hoder, om han nå går over til sin herre Saul.
- OTB
- Fra Manasseh gikk noen over til David da han var i ferd med å gå til kamp med filisterne mot Saul.
Men de hjalp dem ikke,
for filisternes herrer sendte ham bort etter konsultasjon og sa,
"Han kan desertere til sin herre Saul på bekostning av våre hoder." - B1930
- Av Manasse gikk nogen over til David da han sammen med filistrene drog ut i strid mot Saul, uten at han dog kom til å hjelpe dem; for filistrenes høvdinger hadde holdt råd og så sendt ham bort, idet de sa: Det vil koste oss våre hoder, om han nu går over til sin herre Saul.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 29:2–9
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
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