1 Chronicles 12:15 meaning and explanation

These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

1 Chronicles 12:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The verse continues the account of Gadite warriors who defected to David while he was still a fugitive from Saul. The Jordan regularly flooded its banks in the first month, the spring harvest season, so crossing it then was genuinely dangerous and showed unusual resolve.

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