1 Chronicles 12:39
Strong's Lexicon
They spent
וַיִּהְיוּ־ (way·yih·yū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

three
יָמִ֣ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7969: 1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third

days
דָּוִיד֙ (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

there
שָׁ֤ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: 1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)

eating
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֔ה (šə·lō·wō·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

and drinking
אֹכְלִ֖ים (’ō·ḵə·lîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8354: 1) to drink 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to drink 1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig) 1a2) to feast 1b) (Niphal) to be drunk

with David,
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David = 'beloved' 1) youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

for their relatives
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

had provided for them.
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3559: 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

Young's Literal Translation
and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

New American Standard Bible
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.

King James Bible
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.

New Living Translation
They feasted and drank with David for three days, for preparations had been made by their relatives for their arrival.

English Standard Version
And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

New American Standard Bible
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

International Standard Version
They spent three days eating and drinking with David, since their relatives had supplied provisions for them.

NET Bible
They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions.

American Standard Version
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them.
















Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

1 Chronicles 12:40
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 12:37
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

1 Chronicles 12:36
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

1 Chronicles 13:1
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

1 Chronicles 13:2
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
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