1 Chronicles 14:16

1 Chronicles 14:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
• New International Version (NIV)So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

Context of 1 Chronicles 14:16

14So David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “Do not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees. 15It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the Philistine army.” So David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. 17Then David’s fame spread into all the lands; and the Lord caused all nations to fear him.

1 Chronicles 14:16 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ דָּוִ֔יד כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֣ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מִגִּבְע֖וֹן וְעַד־גָּֽזְרָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• therefore didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• as Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• him: and they smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• from Gibeonגִּבְעוֹןgib‛ôn · GibeonH1391
• even to Gazerגֶּ֫זֶרgezer · GezerH1507

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 14:16

• Genesis 6:22So Noah did this; according to all that God commanded him, that is what he did.
• Exodus 39:42So the Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
• John 13:17If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them].
• John 15:14You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.
• 2 Samuel 5:25David did just as the Lord had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.
• 1 Chronicles 6:67They gave to the Levites the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands;
• Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live among Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 14:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-17When David became ruler of all Israel, the Philistines attacked. They no longer saw him as under their control, as they did when he only ruled Judah. They attacked through the valley southwest of Jerusalem (see Joshua 15:8). Before the battle, David asked the Lord for guidance, unlike Saul, who asked a medium for help against the Philistines (1 Chronicles 10:13; see 1 Samuel 28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. from Gibeon ... to Gazer--Geba or Gibea (2Sa 5:25), now Yefa, in the province of Judah. The line from this to Gazer was intersected by the roads which led from Judah to the cities of the Philistines. To recover possession of it, therefore, as was effected by this decisive battle, was equivalent to setting free the whole mountain region of Judah as far as their most westerly slope [Bertheau].Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 14:16

• Gazer
• Gibeon
• Philistines

In the dictionaries

• David
• Gibeon
• God
• Philistines
• Gibeon, Gibeonite
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Geba
• Gezer
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings