3. Their chief was Ahiezer son of Shemaah the Gibeathite.Then there was his brother Joash;Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth;Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite;
4. Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite;
5. Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6. Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
7. and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
8. Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.
9. Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,
10. Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,
11. Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,
12. Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,
13. Jeremiah tenth, and Machbannai eleventh.
14. These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.
15. These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.
16. Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.
17. David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.”
18. Then the Spirit took control of Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:We are yours, David,we are with you, son of Jesse!Peace, peace to you,and peace to him who helps you, for your God helps you.So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
19. Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent David away after a discussion. They said, “It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”
20. When David went to Ziklag, some men from Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.