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1 Chronicles 12:21

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They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.

KJV

And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And they helped David against the band of the rovers,.... The Amalekites, who, while he was gone with the Philistines, had seized on Ziklag, and burnt it, and carried the women captive, with what spoil they could make; these coming to David thus opportunely, assisted him in his pursuit and defeat of them: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host; or army of David.

This site's exposition

when he came with the Philistines

on 1 Chronicles 12:19-21

Some of Manasseh joined David during the Philistine campaign against Saul at Gilboa, a scene 1 Samuel 29 already tells from the Philistine lords' own suspicion of David and his dismissal from their ranks. Chronicles adds what Samuel does not: the captains' names, and the notice that these same men helped David against the band of the rovers, the Amalekites who had burned Ziklag while he marched with the Philistines. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown tie the notice directly to 1 Samuel 30's raid, reading these Manassite captains as reinforcements David gained just in time for that pursuit.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

21, 22. they helped David against the band--that is, the Amalekites who had pillaged Ziklag in David's absence. This military expedition was made by all his men (1Sa 30:9), who, as David's early helpers, are specially distinguished from those who are mentioned in the latter portion of the chapter.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

there fell some of Manasseh--The period of their accession is fixed as the time when David came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. but they helped them not--(See on 1Sa 29:4).

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

The band of the rovers - See the marginal reference.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהֵ֗מָּהand they

    vehemahH1992 →553 times

  • עָזְר֤וּthey helped

    ʾazeruH5826 →81 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • דָּוִיד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • עַֽל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַגְּד֔וּדthe marauding band[s]

    hagedudH1416 →33 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • גִבּ֥וֹרֵי[were] mighty [men] of

    giboreiH1368 →158 times

  • חַ֖יִלstrength

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • כֻּלָּ֑םall of them

    kulamH3605 →5413 times

  • וַיִּהְי֥וּand they were

    vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • שָׂרִ֖יםcommanders

    sarimH8269 →421 times

  • בַּצָּבָֽא׃in the army

    batzava'H6635 →485 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 11:21–22He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.2 works1 Chronicles 11:10Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.2 works1 Chronicles 12:20When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.2 works1 Samuel 30:1–17On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.2 works1 Chronicles 5:24These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 11:10

    Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 11:3

      So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of…

    • 2 Samuel 23:8–39

      These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    • 1 Samuel 16:12–14

      So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”

    • 2 Samuel 3:21

      Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule…

    • 2 Samuel 3:17–18

      Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 12:20

    When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 33:17

      His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the…

    • 1 Samuel 29:11

      So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

    • Exodus 18:21

      Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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