1 Chronicles 12:8

And of the Gadite there have been separated to David, to the fortress, to the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men of the host for battle, setting in array buckler and spear, and their faces [are as] the face of the lion, and as roes on the mountains for speed:

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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, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

9Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:29And David goes up there, and abides in fortresses [at] En-gedi.

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan! They are loved and pleasant in their lives, || And in their death they have not been parted. They have been lighter than eagles, || They have been mightier than lions!

2 Samuel 17:10and he also, the son of valor, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, utterly melts, for all Israel knows that your father is a hero, and those with him [are] sons of valor.

1 Chronicles 11:16and David [is] then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,

1 Chronicles 12:16And [some] from the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold,

Proverbs 6:5Be delivered as a roe from the hand, || And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

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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