1 Chronicles 12:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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;

Into the hold

Handle

2 Chronicles 25:5

Jeremiah 46:9

Whose faces

Proverbs 28:1

As swift as the roes upon the mountains

2 Samuel 2:18

Proverbs 6:5

Song of Songs 8:14

Bible References

Into the hold

And some of the sons of Benjamin and [from] Judah came to the fortress, to David.

And David [was] then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethlehem.

David remained in the wilderness, in the strongholds, and in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him {continually}, but God did not give him into his hand

So David swore [this on oath] to Saul, and Saul went to his house, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Handle

Then Amaziah assembled [the men of] Judah and set them by {families} under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. And he counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found them [to be] three hundred thousand chosen for going out to battle, able [with] spear and shield.

Go up, O horses, and drive madly, O chariots, and let the warriors go forth; Cush and Put, who wield [the] small shield, and Lud, who wield [and] bend [the] bow.

Whose faces

[And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.

Saul and Jonathan [were] beloved and pleasant in their lives and [were] not separated in their death. They [were] swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

And he [is] also a {valiant warrior}, whose heart [is] like the heart of the lion. He will {certainly melt} with fear, for all Israel knows that your father [is] a mighty warrior and [those] who [are] with him [are] {valiant warriors}.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of Ish-Hai, [was] a great [man] of deeds from Kabzeel. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

As swift as the roes upon the mountains

The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel [was] swift with his feet as one of the gazelles which [is] in the open field.

Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

Flee, my beloved! {Be like a gazelle} or {a young stag} upon {the perfumed mountains}!