1 Chronicles 11:16 -

David was then in the hold . This statement may, perhaps, sufficiently identify this occasion with that of 2 Samuel 5:17 , 2 Samuel 5:18 ; where it is expressly said that "David went down to the hold" ( מְצוּדָה being the word found there as here ) . Garrison. The Hebrew here says "officer" ( נְצִיב ), but the parallel passage has "garrison" ( מַשָּׂב ); yet, according to Gesenius, the former word has both meanings. He is right, certainly, if he means that it has received both translations, for see 1 Kings 4:19 for the one, and our present passage supplies the other ( 1 Samuel 10:5 ; 1 Samuel 13:3 ).