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1Ch 12:8 — And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

into the hold		1Ch 12:16; 1Ch 11:16; 1Sa 23:14,29; 1Sa 24:22
of war		Heb. of the host
handle		2Ch 25:5; Jer 46:9
whose faces		1Ch 11:22; 2Sa 1:23; 2Sa 17:10; 2Sa 23:20; Pro 28:1
as swift as the roes upon the mountains		Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste. 2Sa 2:18; Pro 6:5; Sgs 8:14

Correlating Passages

into the hold

	1Ch 12:16	And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
	1Ch 11:16	And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.
	1Sa 23:14	And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
	1Sa 23:29	And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
	1Sa 24:22	And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

handle

	2Ch 25:5	Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able] to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
	Jer 46:9	Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.

whose faces

	1Ch 11:22	Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
	2Sa 1:23	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.
	2Sa 17:10	And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart [is] as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father [is] a mighty man, and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant men.
	2Sa 23:20	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
	Pro 28:1	The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

as swift as the roes upon the mountains

	2Sa 2:18	And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe.
	Pro 6:5	Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
	Sgs 8:14	Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Chronicles 12:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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