1 Chronicles 12:22

Good News Translation

Almost every day new men joined David's forces, so that his army was soon enormous.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At that time, men came day after day to help David until there was a great army, like an army of God.

Hebrew Names Version
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

New Century Version
Every day more men joined David, and his army became large, like the army of God.

New English Translation
Each day men came to help David until his army became very large.

Amplified Bible
For day by day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God.

New American Standard Bible
For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army of God.

World English Bible
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For at that time day by day there came to Dauid to helpe him, vntill it was a great hoste, like the hoste of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great camp like the camp of God.

Berean Standard Bible
For at that time, men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.

Contemporary English Version
Day after day, new men came to join David, and soon he had a large, powerful army.

Complete Jewish Bible
They helped David against the raiding band, for they were all strong, brave men who were commanders in the army.

Darby Translation
For day by day there came [men] to David to help him, until it was a great camp, like the camp of God.

Easy-to-Read Version
More and more men came every day to help David. So he had a large and powerful army.

George Lamsa Translation
For every day they went into the presence of David to eat food before him, for he loved them exceedingly.

Lexham English Bible
Day in and day out they came to David to help him until there was a great army, like the army of God.

Literal Translation
for at the time they came daily to David, to help him, until it was a great army, like an army of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And euery daye came there some to Dauid, to helpe him, till there was a greate hoost as an hoost of God.

American Standard Version
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

Bible in Basic English
And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For at that tyme there came one or other to Dauid day by day to helpe him, vntil it was a great hoast, like the hoast of God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they helped David against the troop, for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

King James Version (1611)
For at that time day by day, there came to Dauid to helpe him, vntill it was a great hoste, like the hoste of God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For daily men came to David, till they amounted to a great force, as the force of God.

English Revised Version
For from day to day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also bi ech dai men camen to Dauid, for to helpe hym, til that the noumbre was maad greet as the oost of God.

Update Bible Version
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New King James Version
For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God.

New Living Translation
Day after day more men joined David until he had a great army, like the army of God.

New Life Bible
Each day men came to David to help him. They came until there was a great army, like the army of God.

New Revised Standard
Indeed from day to day people kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for, from day to day, there came unto David, to help him, - until it was a great camp, like a camp of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover day by day there came some to David to help him till they became a great number, like the army of God.

Revised Standard Version
For from day to day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army of God.

Contextual Overview

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. ³They were under the command of Ahiezer and Joash, sons of Shemaah, from Gibeah. These were the soldiers: Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth Beracah and Jehu from Anathoth Ishmaiah from Gibeon, a famous soldier and one of the leaders of "The Thirty" Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johannan, and Jozabad, from Gederah Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah, from Hariph Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, of the clan of Korah Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, from Gedor 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. ⁹They were ranked in the following order: Ezer, Obadiah, Eliab, Mishmannah, Jeremiah, Attai, Eliel, Johanan, Elzabad, Jeremiah, and Machbannai. 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. ¹⁵ In the first month of one year, the time when the Jordan River overflowed its banks, they crossed the river, scattering the people who lived in the valleys both east and west of the river. ¹⁶ Once a group of men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah went out to the fort where David was. ¹⁷ David went to meet them and said, "If you are coming as friends to help me, you are welcome here. Join us! But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you." ¹⁸ God's spirit took control of one of them, Amasai, who later became the commander of "The Thirty," and he called out, "David son of Jesse, we are yours! Success to you and those who help you! God is on your side." David welcomed them and made them officers in his army.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

day by day: 2 Samuel 2:2-4, 2 Samuel 3:1, Job 17:9

like the host of God: That is, says the Targumist, a very numerous army, like the army of the angel of God. Genesis 32:2, Joshua 5:14, Psalms 148:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:7 - let his hands 2 Chronicles 14:13 - his host

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For at that time, day by day, there came to David to help him,.... Particularly after the defeat of Saul by the Philistines, unto the time that David came to Hebron:

until it was a great host, like the host of God; the heavenly host, the angels; so the Targum.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 12:22. Like the host of God. — "That is, a very numerous army; like the army of the angel of God." - T.