1 Chronicles 11:16
And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Gilgal.
1 Samuel 22:1And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.
1 Samuel 22:5And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Judah. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Hereth.
Psalms 142:1A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. 1 O Lord, attend to my prayer: 1 Hearken to my supplication in thy truth; 1 Hear me in thy righteousness. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:11-47
David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1048.) 10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.… Read the whole commentary →