^12 (A)He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to ^[a]do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

¹⁶ Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. ¹⁷ David went out to meet them, and said to them, “If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no ^[a]wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide.” ¹⁸ Then ^(A)the Spirit ^[b]came upon ^(B)Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said,

Then David received them and made them ^[c]captains of the band.