So he took his kinsfolk with him and pursued him for seven days until he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 12:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Of the Benjaminites, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had continued to keep their allegiance to the house of Saul. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of the Benjamites, the kindred of [King] Saul, 3,000–hitherto the majority of them had kept their allegiance [to Saul] and the charge of the house of Saul; American Standard Version (1901) And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. Common English Bible from Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, 3,000, most of whom had been loyal to Saul’s household; Catholic Public Domain Version and from the sons of Benjamin, brothers of Saul, three thousand, for still a great part of them were following the house of Saul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And of the sons of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto a great part of them followed the house of Saul. |
So he took his kinsfolk with him and pursued him for seven days until he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
Abner also spoke directly to the Benjaminites; then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin were ready to do.
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
They were archers and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kindred.
Of the Ephraimites, twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty warriors, notables in their ancestral houses.