1 Chronicles 12:8

and Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, and the men of Gedor.

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In The King James Version

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

7Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, and the Korahites,

9And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces were as the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: 1 Comely were they in their life, and in their death they were not divided: 1 They were swifter than eagles, 1 And they were stronger than lions. 1

2 Samuel 17:10Then even he that is strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion—it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that thy father is mighty, and they that are with him are mighty men.

1 Chronicles 11:16And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 12:16These are the men that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.

Proverbs 6:5That thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, 1 And as a bird out of a snare. 1

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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