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1 Chronicles 12:16-18
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Chronicles 12:16-18
GOD’S WORD Translation
16 Some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the fortified camp. 17 David went to meet them. He told them, “If you’ve come to help me as friends would, then you may join me. But if you’ve come to betray me to my enemies, even though I haven’t committed a crime, may the God of our ancestors see this and judge you.”
18 Then the Spirit gave Amasai, the leader of the thirty, the strength ⌞to say⌟,
“We are yours, David.
We are with you, son of Jesse.
Success, success to you!
Success to those who help you,
because your God is helping you.”
So David welcomed them and made them officers over his troops.
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