^12 (A)And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to ^[a]do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

¹⁶ Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. ¹⁷ David went out before them, and he answered and said to them, “If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no violence in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and reprove.” ¹⁸ And ^(A)the Spirit clothed ^(B)Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said,

Then David received them and made them chiefs of the band.