Verse 8

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
• 2 Sam 17:10 : 10 And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.
• 2 Sam 23:20 : 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
• 1 Chr 11:16 : 16 And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
• 1 Chr 11:22 : 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
• 1 Chr 12:16 : 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.
• 2 Chr 25:5 : 5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
• Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
• Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Song 8:14 : 14 Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
• Jer 46:9 : 9 Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
• 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1 Sam 23:29 : 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.
• 1 Sam 24:22 : 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.
• 2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.