1 Chronicles 12:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

Came upon amasai

1 Chronicles 2:17

2 Samuel 17:25

2 Samuel 19:13

And on thy side

Thy god

Captains of the band

1 Samuel 8:12

1 Samuel 22:7

1 Kings 9:22

General references

Psalm 54:4

2 Corinthians 1:2

Bible References

Came upon amasai

And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, the Ishmaelite.

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

And you say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and of my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days instead of Joab.

And on thy side

And Ruth said, Do not beg me to leave you, to return from following after you. For where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

And Ittai answered the king and said, As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be.

And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is with me? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

The one who is not with Me is against Me, and the one who does not gather with Me scatters.

Thy god

Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Jehovah will certainly make a sure house for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in you all your days.

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led Israel out and brought them in. And Jehovah said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be a leader over Israel.

So says Jehovah of Hosts: In those days ten men, out of all languages of the nations, shall take hold, and will seize the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.

Then Jesus said to the Twelve, Do you also wish to go away?

Captains of the band

And he will appoint commanders over thousands, and commanders over fifties, and some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and weapons for his chariots.

And Saul said to his servants standing by him, Now hear, Benjamites, will the son of Jesse give to any of you fields and vineyards, and make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

But Solomon did not make any slave out of the sons of Israel. But they were men of war, and his servants, and his rulers, and his commanders, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

General references

Behold, God is my helper; Jehovah is with those who uphold my soul.

Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.