Verse 21
And they helped{H5826} David{H1732} against the band{H1416} of rovers: for they were all mighty men{H1368} of valor,{H2428} and were captains{H8269} in the host.{H6635}
Referenced Verses
- 1 Sam 30:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass, when David{H1732} and his men{H582} were come{H935} to Ziklag{H6860} on the third{H7992} day,{H3117} that the Amalekites{H6003} had made a raid{H6584} upon the South,{H5045} and upon Ziklag,{H6860} and had smitten{H5221} Ziklag,{H6860} and burned{H8313} it with fire,{H784} 2 and had taken captive{H7617} the women{H802} [and all] that were therein, both small{H6996} and great:{H1419} they slew{H4191} not any,{H376} but carried them off,{H5090} and went{H3212} their way.{H1870} 3 And when David{H1732} and his men{H582} came{H935} to the city,{H5892} behold, it was burned{H8313} with fire;{H784} and their wives,{H802} and their sons,{H1121} and their daughters,{H1323} were taken captive.{H7617} 4 Then David{H1732} and the people{H5971} that were with him lifted up{H5375} their voice{H6963} and wept,{H1058} until they had no more power{H3581} to weep.{H1058} 5 And David's{H1732} two{H8147} wives{H802} were taken captive,{H7617} Ahinoam{H293} the Jezreelitess,{H3159} and Abigail{H26} the wife{H802} of Nabal{H5037} the Carmelite.{H3761} 6 And David{H1732} was greatly{H3966} distressed;{H3334} for the people{H5971} spake{H559} of stoning{H5619} him, because the soul{H5315} of all the people{H5971} was grieved,{H4843} every man{H376} for his sons{H1121} and for his daughters:{H1323} but David{H1732} strengthened{H2388} himself in Jehovah{H3068} his God.{H430} 7 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abiathar{H54} the priest,{H3548} the son{H1121} of Ahimelech,{H288} I pray thee, bring me hither{H5066} the ephod.{H646} And Abiathar{H54} brought{H5066} thither the ephod{H646} to David.{H1732} 8 And David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} If I pursue{H7291} after{H310} this troop,{H1416} shall I overtake{H5381} them? And he answered{H559} him, Pursue;{H7291} for thou shalt surely{H5381} overtake{H5381} [them], and shalt without fail{H5337} recover{H5337} [all]. 9 So David{H1732} went,{H3212} he and the six{H8337} hundred{H3967} men{H376} that were with him, and came{H935} to the brook{H5158} Besor,{H1308} where those that were left behind{H3498} stayed.{H5975} 10 But David{H1732} pursued,{H7291} he and four{H702} hundred{H3967} men;{H376} for two hundred{H3967} stayed behind,{H5975} who were so faint{H6296} that they could not go over{H5674} the brook{H5158} Besor.{H1308} 11 And they found{H4672} an Egyptian{H376} in the field,{H7704} and brought{H3947} him to David,{H1732} and gave{H5414} him bread,{H3899} and he did eat;{H398} and they gave him water{H4325} to drink.{H8248} 12 And they gave{H5414} him a piece{H6400} of a cake{H1690} of figs, and two{H8147} clusters of raisins:{H6778} and when he had eaten,{H398} his spirit{H7307} came again{H7725} to him; for he had eaten{H398} no bread,{H3899} nor drunk{H8354} any water,{H4325} three{H7969} days{H3117} and three{H7969} nights.{H3915} 13 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said,{H559} I am a young man{H5288} of Egypt,{H4713} servant{H5650} to an Amalekite;{H376} and my master{H113} left{H5800} me, because three{H7969} days{H3117} ago I fell sick.{H2470} 14 We made a raid{H6584} upon the South{H5045} of the Cherethites,{H3774} and upon that which belongeth to Judah,{H3063} and upon the South{H5045} of Caleb;{H3612} and we burned{H8313} Ziklag{H6860} with fire.{H784} 15 And David{H1732} said{H559} to him, Wilt thou bring me down{H3381} to this troop?{H1416} And he said,{H559} Swear{H7650} unto me by God,{H430} that thou wilt neither kill{H4191} me, nor{H518} deliver{H5462} me up into the hands{H3027} of my master,{H113} and I will bring thee down{H3381} to this troop.{H1416} 16 And when he had brought him down,{H3381} behold, they were spread abroad{H5203} over all{H6440} the ground,{H776} eating{H398} and drinking,{H8354} and dancing,{H2287} because of all the great{H1419} spoil{H7998} that they had taken{H3947} out of the land{H776} of the Philistines,{H6430} and out of the land{H776} of Judah.{H3063} 17 And David{H1732} smote{H5221} them from the twilight{H5399} even unto the evening{H6153} of the next day:{H4283} and there escaped{H4422} not a man{H376} of them, save four{H702} hundred{H3967} young{H5288} men,{H376} who rode{H7392} upon camels{H1581} and fled.{H5127}
- 1 Chr 5:24 : 24 And these were the heads{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} houses:{H1004} even Epher,{H6081} and Ishi,{H3469} and Eliel,{H447} and Azriel,{H5837} and Jeremiah,{H3414} and Hodaviah,{H1938} and Jahdiel,{H3164} mighty{H1368} men{H582} of valor,{H2428} famous{H8034} men,{H582} heads{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} houses.{H1004}
- 1 Chr 11:10 : 10 Now these are the chief{H7218} of the mighty men{H1368} whom David{H1732} had, who showed themselves strong{H2388} with him in his kingdom,{H4438} together with all Israel,{H3478} to make him king,{H4427} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} concerning Israel.{H3478}
- 1 Chr 11:21-22 : 21 Of the three,{H7969} he was more honorable{H3513} than the two,{H8147} and was made their captain:{H8269} howbeit he attained{H935} not to the [first] three.{H7969} 22 Benaiah{H1141} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada,{H3077} the son{H1121} of a valiant{H2428} man{H376} of Kabzeel,{H6909} who had done mighty{H7227} deeds,{H6467} he slew{H5221} the two{H8147} [sons]{H739} [of] Ariel of Moab:{H4124} he went down{H3381} also and slew{H5221} a lion{H738} in{H8432} the midst of a pit{H953} in time{H3117} of snow.{H7950}
- 1 Chr 12:20 : 20 As he went{H3212} to Ziklag,{H6860} there fell{H5307} to him of Manasseh,{H4519} Adnah,{H5734} and Jozabad,{H3107} and Jediael,{H3043} and Michael,{H4317} and Jozabad,{H3107} and Elihu,{H453} and Zillethai,{H6769} captains{H7218} of thousands{H505} that were of Manasseh.{H4519}