DB1 | The soldiers from Benjamin & Judah. 1Chr.12.16-18 | NEB Contents | notes| 12 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 16 | Some men of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold. | The soldiers from Benjamin & Judah. 1Chr.12.16-18 | וַיָּבֹאוּ מִן־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וִיהוּדָה עַד־לַמְצָד לְדָוִיד׃ |
| 17 | David went out to them and said, 'If you come as friends to help me, join me and welcome; but if you come to betray me to my enemies, innocent though I am of any crime of violence, may the God of our fathers see and judge.' | וַיֵּצֵא דָוִיד לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אִם־לְשָׁלֹום בָּאתֶם אֵלַי לְעָזְרֵנִי יִהְיֶה־לִּי עֲלֵיכֶם לֵבָב לְיָחַד וְאִם־לְרַמֹּותַנִי לְצָרַי בְּלֹא חָמָס בְּכַפַּי יֵרֶא אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹותֵינוּ וְיֹוכַח׃ ס | |
| 18 | At that a spirit took possession of Amasai, the chief of the thirty, and he said:
We are with you, son of Jesse! Greetings, greetings to you and greetings to your ally! For your God is your ally. | The soldiers from Manasseh. 1Chr.12.18-22 | וְרוּחַ לָבְשָׁה אֶת־עֲמָשַׂי רֹאשׁ כ= הַשְּׁלֹושִׁים ק= הַשָּׁלִישִׁים לְךָ דָוִיד וְעִמְּךָ בֶן־יִשַׁי שָׁלֹום שָׁלֹום לְךָ וְשָׁלֹום לְעֹזְרֶךָ כִּי עֲזָרְךָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ וַיְקַבְּלֵם דָּוִיד וַיִּתְּנֵם בְּרָאשֵׁי הַגְּדוּד׃ ף |