1 Chronicles 12:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, 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.

Cross References

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 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.

2 Samuel 17:10

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

Jeremiah 46:9

Rise up, you cavalry! Race furiously, you chariots! Let the warriors march out – Cush and Put, who are able to handle shields, and the men of Lud, who are able to handle and string the bow.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Run away with me,  my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Proverbs 28:1

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

Proverbs 6:5

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

2 Chronicles 25:5

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral families,  according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those twenty years old or more  for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be three hundred thousand fit young men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

1 Chronicles 12:16

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

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 11:16

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

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.

1 Samuel 24:22

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

1 Samuel 23:29

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

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 Chronicles 12:7

and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

1 Chronicles 12:9

Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,