1 Chronicles 12:17-19

Common English Bible

¹⁷ David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you’ve come to me with good intentions in order to help me, then we will join forces. But if you’ve come to betray me to my enemies, though I’ve done no wrong, then may our ancestors’ God see it and punish you.”

¹⁸ Then a spirit took hold of Amasai, the leader of the Thirty:

Then David received them, and put them at the head of his troops.

¹⁹ Some of the Manassites also joined David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. But he^[a] didn’t help them, because after considering the matter, the Philistine rulers sent him away. “He’ll rejoin his master Saul,” they said, “and it will cost us our heads.”