King James Version

1 Chronicles 12:16

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Chronicles 12:17.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּvayavovand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.בְּנֵ֤יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminBenjaminבִּנְיָמִיןnoun, proper name — “Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.וִֽיהוּדָ֔הvihudahand Judahיְהוּדָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.לַמְצָ֖דlamtsadto castleמְצַדpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to castle”, the ordinary formH4679a fastness (as a covert of ambush)castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.לְדָוִֽידledavidto Davidדָּוִדpreposition, noun, proper name — “to David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(12-17) And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there come of the sons of Benjamin and Judah unto the stronghold to David,

World English Bible

Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

Darby Translation

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.

Douay-Rheims

And there came also of the men of Benjamin, and of Juda to the hold, in which David abode.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(12-17) And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦλθον ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν καὶ Ἰούδα εἰς βοήθειαν τοῦ Δαυίδ.