1 Chronicles 12:8

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1 Chronicles 12:8

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

2 Samuel 2:18

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.

2 Samuel 17:10

Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will melt because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.

1 Samuel 23:14

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

1 Samuel 23:29

From there David went up and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:22

So David swore to Saul. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan,
loved and delightful,
they were not parted in life or in death.
They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

1 Chronicles 11:16

At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

1 Chronicles 12:16

Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.

2 Chronicles 25:5

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral house, according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those 20 years old or more for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be 300,000 choice men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

Proverbs 6:5

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Song of Songs 8:14

W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.

Jeremiah 46:9

Rise up, you cavalry!
Race furiously, you chariots!
Let the warriors go out—
Cush and Put,
who are able to handle shields,
and the Ludim,
who are able to handle and string the bow.

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Summary

1 Chronicles 12:8

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;

Into the hold

Handle

2 Chronicles 25:5

Jeremiah 46:9

Whose faces

Proverbs 28:1

As swift as the roes upon the mountains

2 Samuel 2:18

Proverbs 6:5

Song of Songs 8:14

Bible References

Into the hold

Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

So David swore to Saul. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Handle

Rise up, you cavalry!
Race furiously, you chariots!
Let the warriors go out—
Cush and Put,
who are able to handle shields,
and the Ludim,
who are able to handle and string the bow.

Whose faces

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

Saul and Jonathan,
loved and delightful,
they were not parted in life or in death.
They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will melt because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

As swift as the roes upon the mountains

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.