12:31a From the half-tribe of Manasseh:

From half the tribe of Manasseh (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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From one half of the tribe Manasseh ⌊who lived on the other side of the river Jordan⌋

12:31b 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

came eighteen thousand soldiers. Their clans had chosen those men to go and help David become their king.
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there were eighteen thousand (18,000) men. They were called by name to come and make David king.

12:31:a–b (combined)

There were eighteen thousand men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh that lived west of the Jordan River. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
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From the half tribe of Manasseh on the west side of the Jordan river, there were eighteen thousand (18,000) men. Their clans had chosen those men to go and help David become their king.

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