[12:19] Some soldiers from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David's side when he was marching out with the Philistines to fight King Saul. Actually he did not help the Philistines, for their kings were afraid that he would betray them to his former master Saul, so they sent him back to Ziklag.
[12:20] These are the soldiers from Manasseh who went over to David's side when he was returning: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. In Manasseh they had all commanded units of a thousand men.
[12:21] They served David as officers over his troops, because they were all outstanding soldiers. Later they were officers in the Israelite army.
[12:22] Almost every day new men joined David's forces, so that his army was soon enormous.