1 Chronicles 12:8

God's Word

Some men left Gad to join David at the fortified camp in the desert. They were warriors, trained soldiers, able to fight with shields and spears. They looked like lions and were as fast as gazelles on the hills.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan were loved and well-liked while they were living. They were not separated even when they died. They were swifter than eagles and stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 17:10

Even the bravest man with a heart like a lion would lose his courage, because all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and the men with him are brave.

2 Samuel 2:18

Zeruiah’s three sons were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as fast on his feet as a wild gazelle.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was from Kabzeel and was a brave man who did many things. He killed two distinguished soldiers from Moab. He also went into a pit and killed a lion on the day it snowed.

1 Chronicles 11:16

While David was in the fortified camp, Philistine troops were in Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was from Kabzeel and was a brave man who did many things. He killed two distinguished soldiers from Moab. He also went into a cistern and killed a lion on the day it snowed.

1 Chronicles 12:16

Some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the fortified camp.

1 Chronicles 12:7

and Joelah and Zebadiah, Jeroham’s sons from Gedor.

1 Chronicles 12:9

Ezer was the first of these soldiers. The second was Obadiah. The third was Eliab.

2 Chronicles 25:5

Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them by families to regiment and battalion commanders for all of Judah and Benjamin. He organized those who were at least 20 years old and found that he had 300,000 of the best men for the army, those who could handle a spear and a shield.

Proverbs 28:1

A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions.

Proverbs 6:5

Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Come away quickly, my beloved. Run like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Jeremiah 46:9

Go into battle, you horsemen. Drive wildly, you chariot drivers. March into battle, you warriors, you warriors from Sudan and Put who carry shields, you warriors from Lydia who use bows and arrows.

1 Samuel 23:14

David lived in fortified camps in the desert, and he lived in fortified camps in the mountains of the desert of Ziph. Saul was always searching for him, but God didn’t let him capture David.

1 Samuel 23:29

From there David went to stay in the fortified camps of En Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:22

So David swore to Saul. Then Saul went home, and David and his men went to their fortified camp.