39The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.


In Context

36 men of Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle-40,000;

37 and from east of the Jordan, men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon-120,000.

38 All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king.

39 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.

40 Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

1st Chronicles 12:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:39And they were there with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:39And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:39And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had made preparation for them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:39They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:39and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:39And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brothers had prepared for them.