And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, while a watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.
1 Chronicles 12:16 - The Scriptures 2009 And some of the children of Binyamin and Yehuḏah came to Dawiḏ at the stronghold. 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. |
And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, while a watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.
These were the ones who passed over the Yardĕn in the first new moon, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
And Dawiḏ went out to face them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies – there is no violence in my hands – let the Elohim of our fathers see and reprove.”
And some Gaḏites separated themselves to Dawiḏ at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty brave men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
There is Binyamin, the smallest, their ruler, The leaders of Yehuḏah, their company, The leader of Zeḇulun, the leader of Naphtali.
and as those bearing the ark came to the Yardĕn, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark dipped in the edge of the water – now the Yardĕn overflows all its banks during all the time of harvest –
And he left them with the sovereign of Mo’aḇ, and they dwelt with him all the time that Dawiḏ was in the stronghold.
And Sha’ul said to his servants who were standing around him, “Hear now, you Binyamites! Does the son of Yishai give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?