Chronicles I 12:1

1 And these they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these among the mighty, aiding in war,

Chronicles I 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:1

Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag
Given him by Achish to live in, when he fled from Saul, ( 1 Samuel 27:6 ) while he yet kept himself close, because of Saul the son of Kish;
when he was an exile from his own country, and obliged to live retired in a foreign one, because of Saul's persecution of him, and seeking to take away his life: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war;
not against Saul, with whom David had none, but with the Amalekites, and others, ( 1 Samuel 27:8 ) ( 1 Samuel 30:16 1 Samuel 30:17 ) .

Chronicles I 12:1 In-Context

1 And these they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these among the mighty, aiding in war,

2 and the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,

3 the chief Achiezer, and Joas son of Asma the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and Jeul of Anathoth,

4 and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of Gadarathiim,

5 Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel,