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Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham from the Gedor.

And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, soldiers fit for war,[a] expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And they had faces like lions[b] and were swift as gazelles upon the mountains. Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 12:8 Literally “men of battle for the war”
  2. 1 Chronicles 12:8 Literally “faces of a lion were their faces”

and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.(A)

Some Gadites(B) defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions,(C) and they were as swift as gazelles(D) in the mountains.

Ezer was the chief,

Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

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