1 Chronicles 12:16 KJV — MannaFest

1 Chronicles 12:16

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

KJV

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ASV

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

WEB

Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.

YLT

And there come of the sons of Benjamin and Judah unto the stronghold to David,

DBT

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.

About this book

Old Testament

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1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra, per rabbinic tradition)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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4 verses on the floor

Psalms 68:27
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem.
1 Samuel 22:4
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
1 Chronicles 12:8
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

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Their leader was Amasai, whether the same with that Amasa that afterwards sided with Absalom ( 2 Sam. xvii. 25 ) or no does not appear. David's prudent treaty with them,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the children of Benjamin and Judah--It is probable that the Benjamites invited the Judahites to accompany them, in order to prevent David being suspicious of them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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