1 Chronicles 12:8

Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains.

2 Samuel 2:18

Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light and swift-footed as one of the [wild] gazelles in the field.

2 Samuel 17:10

And even the one who is brave, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will completely lose heart and melt away; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are brave men.

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

1 Samuel 23:29

David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.

1 Samuel 24:22

David gave Saul his oath; and Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the mountain stronghold.

2 Samuel 1:23


“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely and friends in their lives,
And in their death they were not separated;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 23:20

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many notable acts, killed two [famous] warriors of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 11:16

David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a courageous man of Kabzeel who had done great things, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also he went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 12:16

Then some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

2 Chronicles 25:5

Amaziah assembled [the men of] Judah and appointed them in accordance with their fathers’ (ancestors’) households under commanders of thousands and of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin. He numbered them from twenty years old and above and found there to be 300,000 choice men fit for war and able to handle spear and shield.

Proverbs 6:5


Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 28:1

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

Song of Songs 8:14

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,
Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]
On the mountains of spices.”

Jeremiah 46:9


Charge, you horses,
And drive like madmen, you chariots!
Let the warriors go forward:
Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield,
And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

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Summary

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;

As swift as the roes upon the mountains

Bible References

Into the hold

1 Chronicles 12:16
Then some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
1 Chronicles 11:16
David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 23:14
David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.
1 Samuel 24:22
David gave Saul his oath; and Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the mountain stronghold.

Handle

2 Chronicles 25:5
Amaziah assembled [the men of] Judah and appointed them in accordance with their fathers’ (ancestors’) households under commanders of thousands and of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin. He numbered them from twenty years old and above and found there to be 300,000 choice men fit for war and able to handle spear and shield.
Jeremiah 46:9

Charge, you horses,
And drive like madmen, you chariots!
Let the warriors go forward:
Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield,
And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

Whose faces

1 Chronicles 11:22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a courageous man of Kabzeel who had done great things, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also he went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
2 Samuel 1:23

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely and friends in their lives,
And in their death they were not separated;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 17:10
And even the one who is brave, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will completely lose heart and melt away; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are brave men.
2 Samuel 23:20
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many notable acts, killed two [famous] warriors of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues them,
But the righteous are as bold as a lion.

As swift as the roes upon the mountains

2 Samuel 2:18
Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light and swift-footed as one of the [wild] gazelles in the field.
Proverbs 6:5

Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Song of Songs 8:14
(The Shulammite Bride)
“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,
Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]
On the mountains of spices.”