1 Chronicles 12:16-18

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Other Soldiers Join David

¹⁶ Other men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at the fortress. ¹⁷ David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, I welcome you. Join me. But if you have come to spy on me when I have done nothing wrong, may the God of our ancestors see what you did and punish you.”

¹⁸ Amasai was the leader of the Thirty Heroes.^[a] Then the Spirit came on Amasai, and he said,

So David welcomed these men into his group and put them in charge of the troops.