1st Chronicles Chapter 12 verse 22 Holy Bible
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.
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And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.
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For day by day there came [men] to David to help him, until it was a great camp, like the camp of God.
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For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
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For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
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For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.
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for at that time, day by day, they come in unto David to help him, till it is a great camp, like a camp of God.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - The host of God. A forcible comment on the metaphorical use of this phrase is found in 1 Samuel 14:15; Authorized Version, "a very great trembling" is the translation of Hebrew "trembling of God." The for with which this verse commences probably explains the call there was for many and able "captains" for a host becoming daily larger.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) For at that time day by day . . .--Literally, For at the time of each day (i.e., every day) men used to come to David to help him; amounting to a mighty camp, like a camp of God. The verse explains why David required so many captains as have been enumerated, and why the term "army" was used of his troop in the last verse.A great host, like the host of God.--Literally, camp. The phrase has an antique colouring Comp. Genesis 32:1-2 : "And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's camp (mahan?h 'Elohim): and the name of that place was called Mahanaim (i.e., two camps). Mahanaim was a place i?? Manasseh (Joshua 13:30). Ancient Hebrew denotes excellence by reference to the Divine standard, which is the true ideal of all excellence. Comp. Psalm 36:6 : "Thy righteousness is like the hills of God"; and so elsewhere we find the expression, "cedars of God" (Psalm 80:11). The verse appears to include the considerable accessions to David's forces which followed upon the defeat and death of Saul.
