1 Chronicles 12:17

And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If you⌃ are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if you⌃ are come to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

In Context

16And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.

18And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, you and your people, peace, peace be to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God has helped you. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:42Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now you would have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you yesterday.

1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, + 16:4 Gr. is 'your coming in peace.' Do you come peaceably, you Seer?

1 Samuel 18:3And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 26:23And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered you this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.

1 Kings 2:13And Adonias the son of Aggith came in to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, and did obeisance to her: and she said, + 2:13 Gr. Is your entrance peace? Do you enter peaceably? and he said, Peaceably:

2 Kings 10:15And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he + 10:15 Gr. blessed him. saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is your heart right with my heart, as my heart is with your heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him + 10:15 Gr. upon. into the chariot.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 12:2-23

David's Army. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the… Read the whole commentary →

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