1 Chronicles 12:1

1 Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war,

1 Chronicles 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 ) .

1 Chronicles 12:1 In-Context

1 Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war,

2 armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow. They were of Benjamin, Saul's brethren.

3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite;

4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;

5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;