Elisabad was one of the brave Gadite warriors who joined David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness, before he became king over all Israel. The Gadites were known for their military skill and are described as men with faces like lions and swift as gazelles on the mountains. Elisabad is mentioned in the list of Gad's sons who came to David in 1 Chronicles.
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The Gadites join David
Elsabad was among the brave Gadite warriors who crossed the Jordan and joined David at the fortress in the wilderness while David was still fleeing from King Saul.
1These are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still confined because of Saul son of Kish. They were among the mighty men who helped him in battle,
9From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty warriors, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.
The Gadites, including Elzabad, are described as skilled warriors with shields and spears, their faces like lions and swift as gazelles on the mountains.
These Gadite warriors showed extraordinary courage by crossing the Jordan River in the first month when it overflowed all its banks and drove out everyone in the valleys.
Elzabad and the other Gadites joining David were part of a larger movement where more and more warriors from various tribes in Israel joined David at Ziklag and Hebron.
16These were the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and they drove off everyone living in the valleys, both east and west.
18David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace, to help me, my heart will be joined to yours. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies, though there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see it and judge."