1 Chronicles 12:9
And of the Gadi there separated themselves unto Dovid into the stronghold in the midbar gibborei hachayil (men of valor), and anshei tzavah (army men) for milchamah, that could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of aryeh, and were as swift as the gazelles upon the harim;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
In Context
8And Yo'elah, and Zevadyah, the Bnei Yerocham of Gedor.
10Ezer the head, Ovadyah the second, Eliav the third,
Cross References
Genesis 49:19Gad, gedud (raider) shall raid him; 1 but he shall raid akev ([at] the heel). 1
2 Samuel 2:18And there were three Bnei Tzeruyah there: Yoav, Avishai, Asahel; Asahel was as swift of foot as a gazelle.
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 →