They helped David fight against enemy armies. All the men of Manasseh were brave fighting men. They were commanders in David’s army.

这些人帮助大卫攻击群贼；他们都是大能的勇士，且作军长。

他们帮助大卫攻击敌军；因为他们都是大能的勇士，又作军官。

他们帮助大卫攻击敌军；因为他们都是大能的勇士，又作军官。

他们都是将领，作战英勇，帮助大卫抗击匪徒。

他们帮助大卫，与他一同攻击贼匪；他们全是英勇的战士，是军队的领袖。

這些人幫助大衛攻擊羣賊；他們都是大能的勇士，且作軍長。

他們幫助大衛攻擊敵軍；因為他們都是大能的勇士，又作軍官。

他們幫助大衛攻擊敵軍；因為他們都是大能的勇士，又作軍官。

他們都是將領，作戰英勇，幫助大衛抗擊匪徒。

他們幫助大衛，與他一同攻擊賊匪；他們全是英勇的戰士，是軍隊的領袖。

以上這些人幫同大衛攻擊匪幫：他們都是有力氣英勇的人，做將軍的。

斯眾助大衛攻羣寇、皆為勇士、亦為軍長、

數子皆豪傑武士長、故助大闢攻敵。

斯眾助大衛攻群寇、悉為大勇之武士、皆為軍長、

They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army.

They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.

They helped David chase down bands of raiders, for they were all brave and able warriors who became commanders in his army.

They helped David against the raiders, for they were all valiant warriors and commanders in the army.

They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all valiant mighty men, and were captains in the army.

And they helped David against the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and they were captains in the army.

And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.

They helped David against the raiders, for they were all brave warriors and commanders in the army.

And they helped David against the band[ of the rovers]: for they[ were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

They helped David fight against raiding bands, for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army.

They helped David against the band of rovers; for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.

He was honored twice as much as the three mighty warriors. He became their commander. But he wasn’t included among them.Benaiah was a great hero from Kabzeel. He was the son of Jehoiada. Benaiah did many brave things. He struck down two of Moab’s best fighting men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day. He killed a lion there.

Here are the leaders of their families. They included Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave fighting men. They were also famous and were leaders of their families.

So David went to Ziklag. Here are the men of Manasseh who went over to his side. They were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai. They were leaders of groups of 1,000 men in Manasseh.

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag. The Amalekites had attacked the people of the Negev Desert. They had also attacked Ziklag and burned it.They had captured the women and everyone else in Ziklag. They had taken as prisoners young people and old people alike. But they didn’t kill any of them. Instead, they carried them off as they went on their way.David and his men reached Ziklag. They saw that it had been destroyed by fire. They found out that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured.So David and his men began to weep out loud. They wept until they couldn’t weep anymore.David’s two wives had been captured. Their names were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel. Abigail was Nabal’s widow.David was greatly troubled. His men were even talking about killing him by throwing stones at him. All of them were very bitter because their sons and daughters had been taken away. But David was made strong by the Lord his God.Then David spoke to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek. He said,“ Bring me the linen apron.” Abiathar brought it to him.David asked the Lord for advice. He said,“ Should I chase after the men who attacked Ziklag? If I do, will I catch up with them?”“ Chase after them,” the Lord answered.“ You will certainly catch up with them. You will succeed in saving those who were captured.”David and his 600 men came to the Besor Valley. Some of them stayed behind there.That’s because 200 of them were too tired to go across the valley. But David and the other 400 continued the chase.David’s men found an Egyptian in a field. They brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat.They gave him part of a cake of pressed figs. They also gave him two raisin cakes. After he ate them, he felt as good as new. That’s because he hadn’t eaten any food for three days and three nights. He hadn’t drunk any water during that time either.David asked him,“ Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?” The man said,“ I’m from Egypt. I’m the slave of an Amalekite. My master deserted me when I became ill three days ago.We attacked the people in the Negev Desert of the Kerethites. We attacked the territory that belongs to Judah. We attacked the people in the Negev Desert of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag.”David asked him,“ Can you lead me down to the men who attacked Ziklag?” He answered,“ Make a promise to me in the name of God. Promise that you won’t kill me. Promise that you won’t hand me over to my master. Then I’ll take you down to them.”He led David down to where the men were. They were scattered all over the countryside. They were eating and drinking and dancing wildly. That’s because they had taken a large amount of goods from those they had attacked. They had taken it from the land of the Philistines and from the people of Judah.David fought against them from sunset until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped except 400 young men. They rode off on camels and got away.

The chiefs of David’s mighty warriors and the whole community of Israel helped David greatly. They helped him become king over the entire land. That’s exactly what the Lord had promised him.