1 Chronicles 12:16

Easy To Read Version

Other men from the family groups of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at the fortress. {\cf2\super [131]}

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:14

Another time, David was in the fortress, [152] and a group of Philistines soldiers was in Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 12:15

The people from the family group of Gad were the soldiers that went across the Jordan River in the first month of the year. That was a time of year when the Jordan River was flooding. They chased away all the people living in the valleys. They chased those people to the east and to the west.

1 Chronicles 12:17

David went out to meet them. David said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, I welcome you. Join me. But if you have come to spy on me when I have done nothing wrong, then may the God of our ancestors see what you did and punish you.”

1 Chronicles 12:8

Part of the family group of Gad joined David at his fortress {\cf2\super [129]} in the desert. They were brave soldiers trained for war. They were skilled with the shield and spear. They looked as fierce as lions. And they could run as fast as gazelles {\cf2\super [130]} in the mountains.

Psalm 68:27

There is little Benjamin, leading them.\par And there is the great family of Judah.\par And there are the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali.\par

Joshua 3:15

(During harvest time the Jordan River overflows its banks. So the river was at its fullest.) The priests who were carrying the Box came to the shore of the river. They stepped into the water.

1 Samuel 22:4

So David left his parents with the king of Moab. David’s parents stayed with the king of Moab as long as David was at the fort.

1 Samuel 22:7

Saul said to his officers that were standing around him, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Do you think the son of Jesse (David) will give you fields and vineyards? Do you think David will promote you and make you officers over 1,000 men and officers over 100 men?