1 Chronicles 12:17
“"The Lord shall give the Word to them that preach good tidings, with great power." Of you, also, I venture to make this prayer, that, in this struggle of ours, truth may prevail. For you are not seeking your own glory but Christ's, and when you win the victory, I also shall win it if I recognize my own error, and, con…”
Source: Septuagint
17And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the assistance of David.
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15These were chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.
16These are the men that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.
— 1 Chronicles 12:17 —
18And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if ye are come to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.
19And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, Thou and thy people, Peace, peace be to thee, And peace to thy helpers, For thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.