They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
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They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
And they were there with David three days eating and drinking, for their brothers had prepared for them.
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They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had made preparation for them.
And there they were with Dauid three dayes, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
And they were there with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them.
and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers have prepared for them.
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their relatives had sent them with provisions.
And they were there with David three days eating and drinking, for their brothers had prepared for them.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had supplied provisions for them.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
They stayed three days there, eating and drinking together, for their relatives had provided them with supplies.
For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.
(12-40) And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
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In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁ֤ם עִם דָּוִיד֙ יָמִ֣ים שְׁלוֹשָׁ֔ה אֹכְלִ֖ים וְשׁוֹתִ֑ים כִּֽי הֵכִ֥ינוּ לָהֶ֖ם אֲחֵיהֶֽם
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
World English Bible · Public Domain
πᾶς οὗτος ἀνήρ πολεμιστής παρατάσσω παράταξις ἐν ψυχή εἰρηνικός καί ἔρχομαι εἰς χεβρων ὁ βασιλεύω ὁ δαυίδ ἐπί πᾶς ἰσραήλ καί ὁ κατάλοιπος ἰσραήλ ψυχή εἷς ὁ βασιλεύω ὁ δαυίδ
And they were there three days eating and drinking, for their brethren had made preparations.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 12 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shâthâh (“to drink”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 12:39 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.