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1 chronicles 12:8-15

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1 Chronicles 12:8-15

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

8. 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; 9. Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10. Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11. Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12. Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13. Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14. These [were] of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least [was] over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15. These [are] they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west.

1 Chronicles 12:8-15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:8

Theological / Devotional

Of the Gadites. Verses 8-15 list the Gadites who joined David while he was holding out in the wilderness.

The hold. The exact location of this stronghold is not known. Probably Adullam is meant (chapter 11:15, 16).

Swift as the roes. Compare 2 Samuel 2:18.

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