1 Chronicles 12:16

16 And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

1 Chronicles 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:16

And there came of the men of Benjamin, and of Judah
Besides those before mentioned, ( 1 Chronicles 12:2 ) ,

to the hold unto David;
the same as in ( 1 Chronicles 12:8 ) .

1 Chronicles 12:16 In-Context

14 These Gadites were officers of the army, the lesser over a hundred and the greater over a thousand.

15 These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

16 And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

17 David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be knit to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you."

18 Then the Spirit came upon Ama'sai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David; and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them, and made them officers of his troops.