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Exile David speaks thoughtfully to arriving helpers at a wilderness stronghold, open empty hands, no violence or visible God
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1 Chronicles 12:18

David asks for faithfulness

Helpers Gather to David · 1 Chronicles 12

Story guide: David addresses the arrivals concerning peace, help, and possible betrayal. Empty open hands retain his stated absence of violence; God remains unseen.

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18David went out before them and answered and said to them, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies, though there is no violence in my hands, may the God of our fathers see and judge.”

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