1 Chronicles 12:39

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

1 Chronicles 12:39, King James Version

1 Chronicles 12:39 in other translations

BSB	They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
WEB	They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had supplied provisions for them.
ASV	And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
YLT	and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them.
DARBY	And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
BBE	For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.
Webster	And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

What does 1 Chronicles 12:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 12:39-40

39-40. there they were with David three days, eating and drinking--According to the statements made in the preceding verses, the number of armed warriors assembled in Hebron on this occasion amounted to three hundred thousand. Supplies of provisions were abundantly furnished, not only by the people of the neighborhood, but from distant parts of the country, for all wished the festivities to be on a scale of liberality and magnificence suitable to the auspicious occasion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 39 They were with David three days - These were the deputies of the different people mentioned here: it is not possible that all the thousands mentioned above could have feasted with David for three days; and yet it appears there was even of these a great number, for the men of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who were nearest to this place of rendezvous, had brought all the necessaries for such a feast. From the whole it appears most evident that the great majority of the tribes of Israel wished to see the kingdom confirmed in the hands of David; nor was there ever in any country a man more worthy of the public choice. As a statesman, warrior, hero, poet, and divine, he stands unrivalled in the annals of the world: by him alone were the Israelites raised to a pitch of the highest splendor; and their name became a terror to their enemies, and a praise in the earth. But, alas, how are the mighty now fallen!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:23-40

When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as here, for a few days, but for the whole life, and for eternity. Happy are those who wisely perceive it to be their duty and interest, to submit to the Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of David; who renounce for his sake all that is not consistent; whose earnest endeavours to do good are…

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1 Chronicles 12:39 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּהְיוּ\־vai.yih.yu-and they wereH1961

שָׁ֤םshamthereH8033

עִם\־'im-withH5973

דָּוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732

יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117

שְׁלוֹשָׁ֔הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969

אֹכְלִ֖ים'o.khe.LimeatingH398

וְשׁוֹתִ֑יםve.sho.Timand drinkingH8354

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588

הֵכִ֥ינוּhe.Khi.nuthey had preparedH3559

לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor them

אֲחֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.chei.Hemrelatives theirH251

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 12:39

Genesis 26:30
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
2 Samuel 6:19
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
Genesis 31:54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
2 Samuel 19:42
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

eating and drinking.
Ge 26:30; 31:54; 2Sa 6:19; 19:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

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 12:39
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
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.

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1 Chronicles 12:39 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y estuvieron allí con David tres días comiendo y bebiendo, porque sus hermanos habían prevenido para ellos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tous ceux-là, hommes de guerre, gardant leurs rangs en ordre de bataille, vinrent à Hébron d’un cœur droit, pour établir David roi sur tout Israël; et aussi tout le reste d’Israël était d’un seul cœur pour établir David roi.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und sie waren daselbst bei David drei Tage, und aßen und tranken; denn ihre Brüder hatten für sie zugerichtet.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Fueruntque ibi apud David tribus diebus comedentes et bibentes: præparaverant enim eis fratres sui.