when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim.
1 Chronicles 12:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Indeed, from day to day people kept coming to David to help him until there was a great army, like an army of God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For at that time day by day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God. American Standard Version (1901) For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God. Common English Bible Reinforcements came to David daily until there was an army as mighty as God’s army. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, too, some came to David throughout each day, in order to help him, until they became a great number, like the army of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moreover day by day there came some to David to help him till they became a great number, like the army of God. |
when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim.
There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
Yet the righteous hold to their way, and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.
Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us or one of our adversaries?”
He replied, “Neither, but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?”
Now then, rise early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you, and go to the place that I appointed for you. As for the evil report, do not take it to heart, for you have done well before me. Start early in the morning, and leave as soon as you have light.”
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negeb and on Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag, burned it down,