1 Chronicles 12:8

Some warriors from the tribe of Gad went over to David's side when he was at the stronghold in the desert. They were strong and experienced warriors, battle-hardened, experts in the use of shields and spears. Their faces looked as fierce as lions, and they ran as fast as gazelles in the mountains.

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And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

In Context

7and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

9Ezer was the leader, Obadiah (second), Eliab (third),

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:29Then David left and went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.

2 Samuel 1:23During their lives, Saul and Jonathan were much loved and very pleasant, and death did not divide them. They were faster than eagles, stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 17:10Then even the bravest soldier who has the heart of a lion will be scared to death, because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a powerful man who has brave men with him.

1 Chronicles 11:16At the time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 12:16Some others from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah also came to join David at the stronghold.

Proverbs 6:5Get out of it like a gazelle escaping from a trap, like a bird from a bird-catcher's net.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 12:2-23

David's Army. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the… Read the whole commentary →

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