Of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
"They went over the Jordan in the first month"  (1 Chronicles 12:15).  "The time here was the same as our month of March/April."[5]  The historical setting may have been that of the Conquest under Joshua; but the event here given is not elsewhere reported in the Bible.