6. and Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam the Korahites;
7. and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8. From the Gadites mighty men of valor, men of the war battalion, who could handle shield and sword, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains, separated themselves for David in the stronghold in the wilderness:
9. Ezer the captain,Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10. Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11. Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12. Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13. Jeremiah the tenth, Makbannai the eleventh.
14. These were from Gad, captains of the battalions. One of the least of them was as a hundred and the greatest as a thousand.
15. These were the ones who crossed over the Jordan during the first month when it had overflowed its banks and caused the valley dwellers to flee to the east and to the west.
16. Some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold of David.
17. So David went out before them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, then I will have a heart united with yours, but if to betray me to my adversaries, when there is no violence in my hand, may the God of our fathers see, and may He decide between us.”
18. Then the Spirit came upon Amasai the captain of the officers, and he said, “We are for you, David,and with you, son of Jesse.Peace, peace to you,and peace to the one helping you,for your God helps you.”So David welcomed them and appointed them as captains of the troops.
19. Now some from Manasseh joined forces with David when he came with the Philistines for battle against Saul, but they did not help them. For after taking counsel, the lords of the Philistines sent him away, saying, “It will be our heads if he falls back to his lord Saul.”
20. As he went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh deserted to join him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
21. So they helped David against the bands of raiders because all of them were mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.