1 Chronicles 12:22
New International Version
Day after day men came to help David, until he had 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.

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.

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.

King James Bible
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 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.

NASB 1995
For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army of God.

NASB 1977
For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army 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.

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.

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.

Holman 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.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all day in the daytime they were entering before David to eat bread before him, because he loved them greatly.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For daily men came to David, till they amounted to a great force, as the force of God.

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

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.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From day to day, men came to help David until he had an army as large as God's army.

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

International Standard Version
Indeed people kept coming to David every day to help him, until his army became a great, vast army.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

Literal Standard Version
for at that time, day by day, they come to David to help him, until it is a great camp, like a camp of God.

Majority 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.

New American Bible
And from day to day men kept coming to David’s help until there was a vast encampment, like God’s own encampment.

NET Bible
Each day men came to help David until his army became very large.

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

New Heart English Bible
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army 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.

World English Bible
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like God’s army.

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.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Mighty Men Join David at Ziklag
21They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army. 22For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.

Cross References
Genesis 32:2
When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God." So he named that place Mahanaim.

Joshua 5:13
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, "Are You for us or for our enemies?"

1 Samuel 29:10
Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master's servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light."


Treasury of Scripture

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.

day by day

2 Samuel 2:2-4
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite…

2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Genesis 32:2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Joshua 5:14
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Psalm 148:2
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

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(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.

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew

at [that] time,
לְעֶת־ (lə·‘eṯ-)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew

men came
יָבֹ֥אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

David
דָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

day
י֣וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

after day
בְּי֔וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

to help him,
לְעָזְר֑וֹ (lə·‘ā·zə·rōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

he had a great
גָד֖וֹל (ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

army,
לְמַחֲנֶ֥ה (lə·ma·ḥă·neh)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

like the army
כְּמַחֲנֵ֥ה (kə·ma·ḥă·nêh)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

of God.
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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