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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ch 12:19	Strong Concordance	And there fell [05307] some of Manasseh [04519] to David [01732], when he came [0935] with the Philistines [06430] against Saul [07586] to battle [04421]: but they helped [05826] them not: for the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] upon advisement [06098] sent [07971] him away, saying [0559], He will fall [05307] to his master [0113] Saul [07586] to the jeopardy of our heads [07218].
	King James	And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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 Sa1 29:4).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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 Sa1 29:4).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The Manassites who went over to David before the last battle of the Philistines against Saul. - על גפל, to fall to one, is used specially of deserters in war who desert their lord and go over to the enemy: cf. Kg2 25:11; Sa1 29:3. אל יפּול, in the last clause of the verse, is a synonymous expression. The Manassites went over "when David went with the Philistines against Israel to the war, and (yet) helped them not; for upon advisement (בּעצה, cf. Pro 20:18), the lords of the Philistines had sent him away, saying, 'For our heads, he will fall away to his master Saul.' " Sa1 29:2-11 contains the historical commentary on this event. When the lords of the Philistines collected their forces to march against Saul, David, who had found refuge with King Achish, was compelled to join the host of that prince with his band. But when the other Philistine princes saw the Hebrews, they demanded that they should be sent out of the army, as they feared that David might turn upon them during the battle, and so win favour by his treachery with Saul his lord. See the commentary on Sa1 29:1-11. בּראשׁנוּ, for our heads, i.e., for the price of them, giving them as a price to obtain a friendly reception from Saul (cf. Sa1 29:4). In consequence of this remonstrance, Achish requested David to return with his warriors to Ziklag. On this return march ("as he went to Ziklag," cf. with בּלכתּו the ללכת of Sa1 29:11), and consequently before the battle in which Saul lost his life (Berth.), and not after Saul's great misfortune, as Ewald thinks, the Manassites whose names follow went over to David. The seven named in Ch1 12:20 were "heads of the thousands of Manasseh," i.e., of the great families into which the tribe of Manasseh was divided, and as such were leaders of the Manassite forces in war: cf. Num 31:14 with Exo 18:25, and the commentary on the latter passage.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The Manassites who went over to David before the last battle of the Philistines against Saul. - על גפל, to fall to one, is used specially of deserters in war who desert their lord and go over to the enemy: cf. Kg2 25:11; Sa1 29:3. אל יפּול, in the last clause of the verse, is a synonymous expression. The Manassites went over "when David went with the Philistines against Israel to the war, and (yet) helped them not; for upon advisement (בּעצה, cf. Pro 20:18), the lords of the Philistines had sent him away, saying, 'For our heads, he will fall away to his master Saul.' " Sa1 29:2-11 contains the historical commentary on this event. When the lords of the Philistines collected their forces to march against Saul, David, who had found refuge with King Achish, was compelled to join the host of that prince with his band. But when the other Philistine princes saw the Hebrews, they demanded that they should be sent out of the army, as they feared that David might turn upon them during the battle, and so win favour by his treachery with Saul his lord. See the commentary on Sa1 29:1-11. בּראשׁנוּ, for our heads, i.e., for the price of them, giving them as a price to obtain a friendly reception from Saul (cf. Sa1 29:4). In consequence of this remonstrance, Achish requested David to return with his warriors to Ziklag. On this return march ("as he went to Ziklag," cf. with בּלכתּו the ללכת of Sa1 29:11), and consequently before the battle in which Saul lost his life (Berth.), and not after Saul's great misfortune, as Ewald thinks, the Manassites whose names follow went over to David. The seven named in Ch1 12:20 were "heads of the thousands of Manasseh," i.e., of the great families into which the tribe of Manasseh was divided, and as such were leaders of the Manassite forces in war: cf. Num 31:14 with Exo 18:25, and the commentary on the latter passage.

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⁴ And the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] were wroth [07107] with him; and the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] said [0559] unto him, Make [07725] this fellow [0376] return [07725], that he may go again [07725] to his place [04725] which thou hast appointed [06485] him, and let him not go down [03381] with us to battle [04421], lest in the battle [04421] he be an adversary [07854] to us: for wherewith should he reconcile [07521] himself unto his master [0113]? should it not be with the heads [07218] of these men [0582]?

²⁵ And Moses [04872] chose [0977] able [02428] men [0582] out of all Israel [03478], and made [05414] them heads [07218] over the people [05971], rulers [08269] of thousands [0505], rulers [08269] of hundreds [03967], rulers [08269] of fifties [02572], and rulers [08269] of tens [06235].

¹⁴ And Moses [04872] was wroth [07107] with the officers [06485] of the host [02428], with the captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], which came [0935] from [06635] the battle [04421].

²⁰ As he went [03212] to Ziklag [06860], there fell [05307] to him of Manasseh [04519], Adnah [05734], and Jozabad [03107], and Jediael [03043], and Michael [04317], and Jozabad [03107], and Elihu [0453], and Zilthai [06769], captains [07218] of the thousands [0505] that were of Manasseh [04519].

¹¹ So David [01732] and his men [0582] rose up early [07925] to depart [03212] in the morning [01242], to return [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]. And the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] to Jezreel [03157].

¹ Now the Philistines [06430] gathered together [06908] all their armies [04264] to Aphek [0663]: and the Israelites [03478] pitched [02583] by a fountain [05869] which is in Jezreel [03157].
² And the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] passed on [05674] by hundreds [03967], and by thousands [0505]: but David [01732] and his men [0582] passed on [05674] in the rereward [0314] with Achish [0397].
³ Then said [0559] the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], What do these Hebrews [05680] here? And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], Is not this David [01732], the servant [05650] of Saul [07586] the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which hath been with me these days [03117], or these years [08141], and I have found [04672] no fault [03972] in him since [03117] he fell [05307] unto me unto this day [03117]?
⁴ And the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] were wroth [07107] with him; and the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] said [0559] unto him, Make [07725] this fellow [0376] return [07725], that he may go again [07725] to his place [04725] which thou hast appointed [06485] him, and let him not go down [03381] with us to battle [04421], lest in the battle [04421] he be an adversary [07854] to us: for wherewith should he reconcile [07521] himself unto his master [0113]? should it not be with the heads [07218] of these men [0582]?
⁵ Is not this David [01732], of whom they sang [06030] one to another in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] slew [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?
⁶ Then Achish [0397] called [07121] David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Surely, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], thou hast been upright [03477], and thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] with me in the host [04264] is good [02896] in my sight [05869]: for I have not found [04672] evil [07451] in thee since the day [03117] of thy coming [0935] unto me unto this day [03117]: nevertheless the lords [05633] favour [02896] thee not [05869].
⁷ Wherefore now return [07725], and go [03212] in peace [07965], that thou displease [06213] [07451] [05869] not the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430].
⁸ And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], But what have I done [06213]? and what hast thou found [04672] in thy servant [05650] so long as [03117] I have been with thee [06440] unto this day [03117], that I may not go [0935] fight [03898] against the enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428]?
⁹ And Achish [0397] answered [06030] and said [0559] to David [01732], I know [03045] that thou art good [02896] in my sight [05869], as an angel [04397] of God [0430]: notwithstanding the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] have said [0559], He shall not go up [05927] with us to the battle [04421].
¹⁰ Wherefore now rise up early [07925] in the morning [01242] with thy master's [0113] servants [05650] that are come [0935] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and have light [0215], depart [03212].
¹¹ So David [01732] and his men [0582] rose up early [07925] to depart [03212] in the morning [01242], to return [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]. And the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] to Jezreel [03157].

² And the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] passed on [05674] by hundreds [03967], and by thousands [0505]: but David [01732] and his men [0582] passed on [05674] in the rereward [0314] with Achish [0397].
³ Then said [0559] the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], What do these Hebrews [05680] here? And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], Is not this David [01732], the servant [05650] of Saul [07586] the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which hath been with me these days [03117], or these years [08141], and I have found [04672] no fault [03972] in him since [03117] he fell [05307] unto me unto this day [03117]?
⁴ And the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] were wroth [07107] with him; and the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] said [0559] unto him, Make [07725] this fellow [0376] return [07725], that he may go again [07725] to his place [04725] which thou hast appointed [06485] him, and let him not go down [03381] with us to battle [04421], lest in the battle [04421] he be an adversary [07854] to us: for wherewith should he reconcile [07521] himself unto his master [0113]? should it not be with the heads [07218] of these men [0582]?
⁵ Is not this David [01732], of whom they sang [06030] one to another in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] slew [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?
⁶ Then Achish [0397] called [07121] David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Surely, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], thou hast been upright [03477], and thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] with me in the host [04264] is good [02896] in my sight [05869]: for I have not found [04672] evil [07451] in thee since the day [03117] of thy coming [0935] unto me unto this day [03117]: nevertheless the lords [05633] favour [02896] thee not [05869].
⁷ Wherefore now return [07725], and go [03212] in peace [07965], that thou displease [06213] [07451] [05869] not the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430].
⁸ And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], But what have I done [06213]? and what hast thou found [04672] in thy servant [05650] so long as [03117] I have been with thee [06440] unto this day [03117], that I may not go [0935] fight [03898] against the enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428]?
⁹ And Achish [0397] answered [06030] and said [0559] to David [01732], I know [03045] that thou art good [02896] in my sight [05869], as an angel [04397] of God [0430]: notwithstanding the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] have said [0559], He shall not go up [05927] with us to the battle [04421].
¹⁰ Wherefore now rise up early [07925] in the morning [01242] with thy master's [0113] servants [05650] that are come [0935] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and have light [0215], depart [03212].
¹¹ So David [01732] and his men [0582] rose up early [07925] to depart [03212] in the morning [01242], to return [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]. And the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] to Jezreel [03157].

¹⁸ Every purpose [04284] is established [03559] by counsel [06098]: and with good advice [08458] make [06213] war [04421].

³ Then said [0559] the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], What do these Hebrews [05680] here? And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], Is not this David [01732], the servant [05650] of Saul [07586] the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which hath been with me these days [03117], or these years [08141], and I have found [04672] no fault [03972] in him since [03117] he fell [05307] unto me unto this day [03117]?

¹¹ Now the rest [03499] of the people [05971] that were left [07604] in the city [05892], and the fugitives [05307] that fell away [05307] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], with the remnant [03499] of the multitude [01995], did Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] carry away [01540].