18 Then the Spirit¹ came upon ^aAmasai, chief of the captains, and he said:
“We are yours, O David;
We are on your side, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
And peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.” So David received them, and made them captains of the troop.  ‡

19 And some from Manasseh defected to David ^awhen he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying, ^b“He may defect to his master Saul and endanger our heads.”  ‡

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

22 For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, ^alike the army of God.  ‡