Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh. (NIV)
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. (AMP)
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. (KJV)
These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. (NIV)
These Gadites were officers of the army. The lesser was equal to and over a hundred, and the greater equal to and over a thousand. (AMP)
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. (KJV)
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. (NIV)
There came some of the men of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David. (AMP)
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. (KJV)
David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you." (NIV)
David went out to meet them and said to them, If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no violence or wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look upon and rebuke you. (AMP)
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. (KJV)
Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: "We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you." So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands. (NIV)
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Yours we are, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse! Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers, for your God helps you. Then David received them and made them officers of his troops. (AMP)
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. (KJV)
Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, "It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.") (NIV)
Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. But [David's] men did not actually fight with them, for the lords of the Philistines, upon advisement, sent him away, saying, He will desert to his master Saul at the risk of our heads. [I Sam. 29:2-9.] (AMP)
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. (KJV)
And Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family (NIV)
And Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two captains from his own father's house (AMP)
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. (KJV)
Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God. (NIV)
For at that time day by day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God. (AMP)
For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. (KJV)
When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. (NIV)
As David went to Ziklag, there deserted to him of Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh. (AMP)
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. (KJV)
From half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king – 18,000 (NIV)
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 18,000, who were mentioned by name to come and make David king (AMP)
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. (KJV)
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