1 Chronicles 12 lists men who came to David while he was still hiding from Saul. The Gadites stand out.
From the PsalmsHe maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.— Psalm 18:33 (KJV)
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;— 1 Chronicles 12:8 (KJV)
The Eleven Gadite Captains
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh (1 Chronicles 12:9–13).
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.— 1 Chronicles 12:14 (KJV)
Across the Flooded Jordan
"These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys" (1 Chronicles 12:15). Bani the Gadite is also named among the Thirty (2 Samuel 23:36).
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Who were the Gadites in the Bible?
Men of the tribe of Gad. 1 Chronicles 12:8–15 describes Gadites who joined David in the wilderness hold: men of war with faces like the faces of lions, swift as the roes upon the mountains.
What does 'faces like lions' mean in 1 Chronicles 12:8?
It is Scripture's description of the Gadite warriors who joined David: fierce men of war, fit for battle, who could handle shield and buckler.
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