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1 Chronicles 12:1-20

12:1

Now these [are] they that came
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to David
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to Ziklag
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while he yet kept himself close
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because
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of Saul
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the son
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of Kish
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and they [were] among the mighty men
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helpers
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of the war
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{while...: Heb. being yet shut up}

12:2

[They were] armed
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with bows
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and could use both the right hand
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and the left
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in [hurling] stones
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and [shooting] arrows
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out of a bow
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[even] of Saul's
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brethren
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of Benjamin
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12:3

The chief
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[was] Ahiezer
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then Joash
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the sons
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of Shemaah
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the Gibeathite
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and Jeziel
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and Pelet
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the sons
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of Azmaveth
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and Berachah
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and Jehu
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the Antothite
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{Shemaah: or, Hasmaah}

12:4

And Ismaiah
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the Gibeonite
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a mighty man
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among the thirty
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and over the thirty
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and Jeremiah
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and Jahaziel
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and Johanan
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and Josabad
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the Gederathite
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12:5

Eluzai
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and Jerimoth
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and Bealiah
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and Shemariah
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and Shephatiah
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the Haruphite
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12:6

Elkanah
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and Jesiah
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and Azareel
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and Joezer
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and Jashobeam
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the Korhites
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12:7

And Joelah
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and Zebadiah
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the sons
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of Jeroham
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of Gedor
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12:8

And of the Gadites
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there separated
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themselves unto David
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into the hold
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to the wilderness
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men
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of might
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[and] men
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of war
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[fit] for the battle
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that could handle
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shield
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and buckler
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whose faces
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[were like] the faces
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of lions
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and [were] as swift
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as the roes
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upon the mountains
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{of war: Heb. of the host} {as swift...: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste}

12:9

Ezer
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the first
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Obadiah
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the second
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Eliab
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the third
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12:10

Mishmannah
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the fourth
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Jeremiah
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the fifth
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12:11

Attai
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the sixth
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Eliel
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the seventh
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12:12

Johanan
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the eighth
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Elzabad
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the ninth
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12:13

Jeremiah
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the tenth
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Machbanai
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the eleventh
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12:14

These [were] of the sons
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of Gad
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captains
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of the host
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one
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of the least
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[was] over an hundred
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and the greatest
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over a thousand
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{one...: or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand}

12:15

These [are] they that went over
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Jordan
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in the first
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month
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when it had overflown
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all his banks
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and they put to flight
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all [them] of the valleys
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[both] toward the east
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and toward the west
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{overflown: Heb. filled over}

12:16

And there came
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of the children
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of Benjamin
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and Judah
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to the hold
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unto David
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12:17

And David
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went out
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to meet
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them, and answered
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and said
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unto them, If ye be come
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peaceably
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unto me to help
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me, mine heart
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shall be knit
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unto you: but if [ye be come] to betray
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me to mine enemies
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seeing [there is] no
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wrong
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in mine hands
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the God
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of our fathers
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look
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[thereon], and rebuke
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[it]. {to meet...: Heb. before them} {be knit: Heb. be one} {wrong: or, violence}

12:18

Then the spirit
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came
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upon Amasai
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[who was] chief
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of the captains
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[and he said], Thine [are we], David
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and on thy side, thou son
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of Jesse
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peace
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peace
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[be] unto thee, and peace
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[be] to thine helpers
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for thy God
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helpeth
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thee. Then David
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received
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them, and made
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them captains
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of the band
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{came...: Heb. clothed}

12:19

And there fell
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[some] of Manasseh
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to David
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when he came
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with the Philistines
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against Saul
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to battle
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but they helped
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them not: for the lords
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of the Philistines
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upon advisement
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sent
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him away, saying
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He will fall
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to his master
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Saul
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to [the jeopardy of] our heads
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{to the...: Heb. on our heads}

12:20

As he went
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to Ziklag
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there fell
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to him of Manasseh
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Adnah
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and Jozabad
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and Jediael
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and Michael
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and Jozabad
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and Elihu
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and Zilthai
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captains
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of the thousands
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that [were] of Manasseh
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