1. David was living in Ziklag, where he had gone to escape from King Saul. There he was joined by many experienced, reliable soldiers,
2. members of the tribe of Benjamin, to which Saul belonged. They could shoot arrows and sling stones either right-handed or left-handed.
8. These are the names of the famous, experienced soldiers from the tribe of Gad who joined David's troops when he was at the desert fort. They were experts with shields and spears, as fierce-looking as lions and as quick as mountain deer.
14. Some of these men from the tribe of Gad were senior officers in command of a thousand men, and others were junior officers in command of a hundred.