1 Chronicles 12:8

Modern English Version

From the Gadites, mighty men of valor, men of the war battalion, who could handle shield and sword, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains, separated themselves for David in the stronghold in the wilderness:

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful, neither in life nor death will they be separated. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the valiant one, whose heart is like that of a lion, will completely despair, for all of Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and those who are with him are brave.

2 Samuel 2:18

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as fast as a wild gazelle.

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done great acts. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 11:16

(At that time, David was in the stronghold, but a garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.)

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He killed two Moabite warriors. Indeed, once he went down into a well and struck a lion on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 12:16

Some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold of David.

1 Chronicles 12:7

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

1 Chronicles 12:9

Ezer the captain, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

2 Chronicles 25:5

Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set over them, according to the houses of their fathers, commanders of thousands and hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He appointed men who were twenty years old and above, and found three hundred thousand choice men fit for war, able to use spear and shield.

Proverbs 28:1

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

Proverbs 6:5

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Hurry, my lover, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

Jeremiah 46:9

Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: the Cushites and the Libyans who handle the shield, and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

1 Samuel 23:14

And David remained in the wilderness in strongholds, and dwelt in mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:29

David then went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:22

So David swore to Saul and Saul went home. But David and his men went up to the stronghold.