1 Chronicles 12:2

Armed with bows. — Literally, drawers of the bow (2 Chronicles 17:17).

And could use. — They were ambidextrous “with stones, and with arrows on the bow.” The left-handed slingers of Benjamin were famous from of old. (Comp. Judges 20:16, and also 1 Chronicles 3:15.)

Of Saul’s brethren — i.e., his fellow-tribesmen.

Of Benjamin is added to make it clear that Saul’s immediate kinsmen are not intended. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 12:29.)