1 Chronicles 12:22
the host of God—that is, a great and powerful army.
20 When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh who defected to him were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of the thousands who were from Manasseh.
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.
David’s Army at Hebron
23 Now these were the numbers of the1 divisions that were equipped for war, and acame to David at bHebron to cturn over the kingdom of Saul to him, daccording to the word of the Lord:
24 of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred1 armed for war;
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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Chronicles 12:21-22
they helped David against the band—that is, the Amalekites who had pillaged Ziklag in David's absence. This military expedition was made by all his men (I Samuel 30:9), who, as David's early helpers, are specially distinguished from those who are mentioned in the latter portion of the chapter.
1 Chronicles 12:19-22
there fell some of Manasseh—The period of their accession is fixed as the time when David came with the Philistines against Saul to battle.
but they helped them not—(See on I Samuel 29:4).
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