1 Chronicles 12:8

Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were fighting men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were as fierce as the faces of lions. They were as swift as gazelles on 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

7Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

9There were Ezer the leader, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:29David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan were loved and gracious in life, 1 and in their death they were not separated. 1 They were swifter than eagles, 1 they were stronger than lions. 1

2 Samuel 17:10Then even the bravest soldiers, whose hearts are like the heart of a lion, will be afraid because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that the men who are with him are very strong.

1 Chronicles 11:16At that time David was in his stronghold, a cave, while the Philistines had established their camp at Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 12:16Some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

Proverbs 6:5Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, 1 like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 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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