1 Chronicles 12:8 Cross References - CLV

⁸ And of the Gadite there have been separated unto David, to the fortress, to the wilderness, mighty of valor, men of the host for battle, setting in array target and buckler, and their faces the face of the lion, and as roes on the mountains for speed.

¹⁴ And David abides in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abides in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeks him all the days, and Elohim has not given him into his hand.

²⁹ And David goes up thence, and abides in fortresses [at] En-gedi.

²² And David swears to Saul, and Saul goes unto his house, and David and his men have gone up unto the fortress.

²³ Saul and Jonathan! They are loved and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they have not been parted. Than eagles they have been lighter, Than lions they have been mightier!"

¹⁸ And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,

¹⁰ and he also, the son of valor, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, does utterly melt, for all Israel does know that your father is a hero, and sons of valor [are] those with him.

²⁰ And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valor, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he has smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he has gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow.

¹⁶ and David [is] then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,

²² Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valor, of great deeds, from Kabzeel:he has smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he has gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.

¹⁶ And there come of the sons of Benjamin and Judah unto the stronghold to David,

⁵ And Amaziah gathers Judah, and appoints them, according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands, and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspects them from a son of twenty years and upward, and finds them three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and target.

⁵ Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the trapper."

¹ The wicked man flees when there is no one pursuing, Yet the righteous trust confidently like a sheltered lion."

¹⁴ Hasten away, my darling, And be you like a gazelle Or a fawn of the deer On the mountains of aromatics!"

⁹ Go up, you horses; and boast yourselves, you chariots, And go forth, you mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling--treading the bow."