Holy Scripture

1 Chronicles 12:18

A church father on this verse
“"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…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — LETTER 75

Source: Septuagint

Original

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.

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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.

17And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the assistance of David.

— 1 Chronicles 12:18 —

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.

20And some came to David from Manasseh, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.

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