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Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains:
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Verse 8. Gaddi, a city of the tribe of Gad, (2 Kennicott. 23) from which many went to join David, when he was in the country of Moab, ( Menochius.) as others of the Gadites did, verse 14.—Mountains. A fierce countenance and swiftness were much commended in soldiers. “The eyes are always first conquered.” Primi in omnibus præliis oculi vincuntur, says Tacitus, Mor. Germ. Calmet. See Proverbs 30:30, 2 Kennicott. 2:18. Menochius.
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