1 Chronicles 12:20 meaning and explanation

When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 12:20, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse belongs to the Chronicler's account of the warriors who joined David while he was still an outlaw hiding from Saul. The men named were chiefs of thousands in Manasseh, a tribe settled east of the Jordan, and they defected to David at Ziklag, the Philistine town where he had taken refuge.

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