1 Chronicles 12:22

22 From day to day, men came to help David until he had an army as large as God's army.

1 Chronicles 12:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:22

For at that time, day by day, there came to David to help him,
&c.] Particularly after the defeat of Saul by the Philistines, unto the time that David came to Hebron:

until it was a great host, like the host of God;
the heavenly host, the angels; so the Targum.

1 Chronicles 12:22 In-Context

20 When David went to Ziklag, these men from Manasseh deserted to join him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each one was an officer over 1,000 men in Manasseh.

21 They helped David fight raiding parties because they were all warriors, commanders in the army.

22 From day to day, men came to help David until he had an army as large as God's army.

23 These are the numbers of the men equipped for war. The men joined David at Hebron to turn Saul's kingship over to David, as the LORD had said.

24 From Judah's descendants there were 6,800 men equipped for war. They carried shields and spears.