So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 12:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul). Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Abner also informed the Benjaminites and went to Hebron to inform David about all that was agreed on by Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary;
They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:
From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.