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 asked God what he should do. This time God told him, ‘Do not march straight towards them. Instead, go round behind them. Then attack them from the other side, where the poplar trees are. 15When you hear a noise in the tops of the trees like marching men, go out to attack them. Then you will know that God has gone in front of you. He will knock down the Philistine army for you.’ So David did as God had commanded him to do. His men chased the Philistine army all the way from Gibeon to Gezer. 17So David became famous in every country. The Lord caused the people of every nation to be afraid of David.

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 6:22Noah obeyed God. He did everything that God had told him to do.
• Exodus 39:42The Israelites did all the work in the way that the Lord had commanded Moses.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you to do.’
• John 13:17Now you understand these things. So you should do them, and God will bless you.’
• John 15:14And you are my friends, if you obey my message.
• 2 Samuel 5:25So David did as the Lord had commanded him to do. His men chased the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
• 1 Chronicles 6:67Shechem (a safe city in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer,
• Joshua 16:10But the tribe of Ephraim did not chase out the Canaanite people who lived in Gezer. Canaanite people still live there with the people of Ephraim, but they have to work as their slaves.

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