1 Chronicles 12:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 26:30 : 30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
  • Gen 31:54 : 54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.
  • 2 Sam 6:19 : 19 And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.
  • 2 Sam 19:42 : 42 And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relation: why then are you angry about this? have we taken any of the king's food, or has he given us any offering?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 12:40
    79%

    40 And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.

  • 2 Sam 3:20
    75%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 30:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink;

    12 And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.

  • 2 Sam 17:27-29
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    74%

    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,

    28 Came with beds and basins and pots, and grain and meal, and all sorts of dry foods,

    29 And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

  • 1 Chr 12:38
    73%

    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.

  • Judg 19:4
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    4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

  • Gen 26:30
    72%

    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    72%

    16 And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
    70%

    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 Sam 16:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

    2 And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    70%

    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?

  • Judg 19:6
    70%

    6 So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

  • Judg 19:21
    69%

    21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.

  • Matt 12:3
    69%

    3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

  • 1 Sam 25:12-13
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    69%

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

    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • 1 Chr 11:18-19
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    69%

    18 So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,

    19 Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
    69%

    3 And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:35
    69%

    35 And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

  • Judg 14:11
    69%

    11 And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.

  • 1 Sam 17:17
    69%

    17 And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;

  • Dan 1:5
    69%

    5 And a regular amount of food and wine every day from the king's table was ordered for them by the king; and they were to be cared for for three years so that at the end of that time they might take their places before the king.

  • 2 Sam 6:19
    69%

    19 And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.

  • 1 Chr 29:22
    69%

    22 And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
    69%

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

  • Luke 6:3
    68%

    3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

  • 1 Chr 11:10
    68%

    10 Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

  • 1 Chr 12:21-23
    3 verses
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 11:13
    68%

    13 And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    68%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 16:3
    68%

    3 And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.

  • Gen 43:25
    68%

    25 And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

  • Judg 19:19
    68%

    19 But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.

  • 1 Kgs 1:25
    68%

    25 Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!

  • 2 Sam 16:14
    68%

    14 And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
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    31 And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.

  • Gen 18:8
    67%

    8 And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

  • 2 Sam 23:16
    67%

    16 And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 20:4
    67%

    4 Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.