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David receives Manasseh helpers at a military camp edge.
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1 Chronicles 12:20

The Philistine lords send David away

Helpers Gather to David · 1 Chronicles 12

Story guide: Manasseh men join David, but Philistine lords distrust him and send him away. Separate arrival, counsel, and departure scenes preserve that David does not fight Saul with them.

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20Some from Manasseh also defected to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul for battle, though they did not help them, because the lords of the Philistines, after taking counsel, sent him away, saying, “He may defect to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.”

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