5. Eluzai, and Yerimoth, and Be‛alyah, and Shemaryahu, and Shephatyahu the Ḥaruphite;
6. Elqanah, and Yishshiyahu, and Azar’ĕl, and Yow‛ezer, and Yashoḇ‛am the Qorḥites;
7. and Yo’ĕlah and Zeḇaḏyah, the sons of Yeroḥam of Geḏor.
8. And some Gaḏites separated themselves to Dawiḏ at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty brave men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
9. Ězer the chief, Oḇaḏyah the second, Eliyaḇ the third,
10. Mishmannah the fourth, Yirmeyah the fifth,
11. Attai the sixth, Eli’ĕl the seventh,
12. Yoḥanan the eighth, Elzaḇaḏ the ninth,
13. Yirmeyahu the tenth, Maḵbannai the eleventh.
14. These were from the sons of Gaḏ, chiefs of the army. The least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.
15. These were the ones who passed over the Yardĕn 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. And some of the children of Binyamin and Yehuḏah came to Dawiḏ at the stronghold.
17. And Dawiḏ went out to face them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies – there is no violence in my hands – let the Elohim of our fathers see and reprove.”
18. Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the officers, “Yours, O Dawiḏ! And with you, O son of Yishai! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your Elohim shall help you.” And Dawiḏ received them, and put them among the chiefs of the raiding band.
19. And some from Menashsheh went over to Dawiḏ when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Sha’ul. But they did not help them, for the princes of the Philistines took advice and sent him away, saying, “He might go over to his master Sha’ul with our heads!”