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 again inquired of God, and God answered him, “Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees. 15When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer. 17Then David’s fame spread throughout the lands, and the Lord caused all the nations to be terrified of 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 6:22And Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.
• Exodus 39:42The Israelites had done all the work according to everything the Lord had commanded Moses.
• John 2:5“Do whatever he tells you,” his mother told the servants.
• John 13:17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
• 2 Samuel 5:25So David did exactly as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.
• 1 Chronicles 6:67Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,
• Joshua 16:10However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are 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