David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 12:16 - Revised Standard Version And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There came some of the men of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David. American Standard Version (1901) And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David. Common English Bible Some Benjaminites and Judahites also came to David at the fortress. Catholic Public Domain Version Then some from Benjamin and from Judah also arrived at the stronghold where David was staying. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there came also of the men of Benjamin and of Juda to the hold, in which David abode. |
David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be knit to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.”
From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),
And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjaminites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,