“They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were captains in the army.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Chronicles 12 contains 40 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.