Scripture · Old Testament
1 Chronicles 12:16
1 Chronicles 12:16 is verse 16 of 1 Chronicles chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
King James Version
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
World English Bible
Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
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1 Chronicles 12:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
16 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.
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