²¹ Those Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp went^(A) over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

¹⁹ Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)^(A)