David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Pelishtim was then in Beit-Lechem.
1 Chronicles 12:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) There came of the children of Binyamin and Yehudah to the stronghold to David. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There came some of the men of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David. American Standard Version (1901) And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David. Common English Bible Some Benjaminites and Judahites also came to David at the fortress. Catholic Public Domain Version Then some from Benjamin and from Judah also arrived at the stronghold where David was staying. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there came also of the men of Benjamin and of Juda to the hold, in which David abode. |
David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Pelishtim was then in Beit-Lechem.
These are those who went over the Yarden in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if [you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
Of the Gadi there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
There is little Binyamin, their ruler, the princes of Yehudah, their council, the princes of Zevulun, and the princes of Naftali.
and when those who bore the ark were come to the Yarden, and the feet of the Kohanim who bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Yarden overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
He brought them before the king of Mo'av: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
Sha'ul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Binyamini; will the son of Yishai give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,