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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 12:20

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, etc.] Others besides the former, who joined him when he went with the Philistines; these joined him when he was dismissed from them, and was returning to Ziklag: namely, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh; that tribe being, as the rest were, divided into hundreds and thousands; these were captains over the thousands of the militia of the tribe.
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