Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
He dwelleth
Teareth
General references
Bible References
Blessed
Genesis 9:26
Then he said, "Blessed [be] Yahweh, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave to them.
Joshua 13:8
With it the Reubenites, and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses Yahweh's servant gave to them:
1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would surely bless me and enlarge my border. And may your hand be with me, that you would keep me from evil so that it might not harm me!" And God granted what he asked.
1 Chronicles 12:8
And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains.
Psalm 18:19
So he brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.
He dwelleth
1 Chronicles 5:18
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh [had] {valiant} men [who] carried a shield and a sword, and archers, and [who were] expert in war, forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty [for] going out [as] an army.
1 Chronicles 12:8
And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains.
Teareth
Micah 5:8
And the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the wild animals of the forest, like a young lion among the herds of sheep which, when it passes through and treads [down] and tears in pieces, there is none who [can] deliver.
General references
Genesis 49:19
Bandits shall attack Gad, but he shall attack [their] heels.