1 Chronicles 12:6

     1-7. Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag—There are three lists given in this chapter, arranged, apparently, according to the order of time when the parties joined the standard of David.

      while he yet kept himself close because of Saul—that is, when the king's jealousy had driven him into exile from the court and the country.

      Ziklag—(See on 1Sa 27:6). It was during his retirement in that Philistine town that he was joined in rapid succession by the heroes who afterwards contributed so much to the glory of his reign.

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