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1 Chron. 12:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men δof war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were ηas swift as the roes uponb the mountains;

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of the host.

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as the roes upon the mountains to make haste.

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2 Sam. 2:18• ¹⁸And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. (2 Sam. 2:18)

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Song of Sol. 8:14• ¹⁴Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)

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into the hold.

1 Chron. 12:16• ¹⁶And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. (1 Chron. 12:16)

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1 Chron. 11:16• ¹⁶And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. (1 Chron. 11:16)

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1 Sam. 23:14,29• ¹⁴And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
²⁹And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. (1 Sam. 23:14,29)

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1 Sam. 24:22• ²²And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. (1 Sam. 24:22)

of war.

Heb. of the host.

handle.

2 Chron. 25:5• ⁵Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. (2 Chron. 25:5)

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Jer. 46:9• ⁹Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (Jer. 46:9)

whose faces.

1 Chron. 11:22• ²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. (1 Chron. 11:22)

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2 Sam. 1:23• ²³Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. (2 Sam. 1:23)

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2 Sam. 17:10• ¹⁰And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. (2 Sam. 17:10)

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2 Sam. 23:20• ²⁰And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: (2 Sam. 23:20)

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Prov. 28:1• ¹The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)

as swift as the roes upon the mountains.

Heb. as the roesupon the mountains to make haste.

2 Sam. 2:18• ¹⁸And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. (2 Sam. 2:18)

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Prov. 6:5• ⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Prov. 6:5)

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Song of Sol. 8:14• ¹⁴Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)

• {v.8-9} Our David has not yet received a visible kingdom, but those who acknowledge Him while He is still the rejected king have a special place in the divine annals and are "more honorable than their brethren." in like manner, men of Benjamin and Manasseh joined themselves to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:1, 9), and men of Gad, Judah, and Benjamin joined him in the stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chron. 12:8, 16) before all the tribes hastened to him at Hebron. (“The Kingship Recognized: 1 Chronicles 12” by H.L. Rossier)

• These men of Gad, whom we have seen above so careful of their genealogy which joined them to God's people, are prompt to acknowledge this people's leader. The obstacles to joining him, though of another kind from those of Benjamin, did not stop them. The Jordan, on the other side of which they dwelt, was as insurmountable an obstacle as in the days when the people had arrived opposite Jericho {1 Chron. 12:15}. (“The Kingship Recognized: 1 Chronicles 12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains: