1 Chronicles 12:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.

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  • 17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

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    1 Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

    2 They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.

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    15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

    16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

    17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

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    14 And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

    15 And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

  • 15 So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 25 And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

  • 21 And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

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    21 And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.

    22 And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.

    23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.

    24 There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;

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    24 So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.

    25 And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

  • 16 At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 17 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

  • 27 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

  • 18 And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

  • 16 Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

  • 24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul.

  • 12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

  • 4 And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place.

  • 15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

  • 19 And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.

  • 2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

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    1 So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

    2 And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

  • 7 And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.

  • 16 But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.

  • 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

  • 15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

  • 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

  • 12 So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

  • 4 Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.

  • 13 And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.

  • 31 And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,

  • 38 All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.

  • 15 It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.

  • 15 And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

  • 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.

  • 22 So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 12 And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

  • 41 Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

  • 34 And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

  • 20 So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 14 And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.