1 Chronicles 14:12 BSB

1 Chronicles 14:12

There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

KJV

And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

When they had left their gods there - The practice of carrying images of the gods to battle was common among the nations of antiquity, and arose from the belief that there was virtue in the images themselves, and that military success would be obtained by means of them.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַזְבוּ־	vai.ya.'az.vu-	and they abandoned	H5800 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם	'e.lo.hei.Hem	gods their	H430 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he spoke	H559 →
דָּוִ֔יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיִּשָּׂרְפ֖וּ	vai.yi.sa.re.Fu	and they were burned	H8313 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ פ	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H5800vaiyaazvu-and they abandoned215×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
leads to
- Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Deuteronomy 12:2–3
  Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Exodus 34:13
  Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it…
leads to
- Exodus 32:20
  Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink…
- Deuteronomy 17:1
  You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Joshua 7:21
  When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in…
- Deuteronomy 12:3
  Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
Through
2 Kings 19:18
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
leads to
- Acts 17:29
  Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.