1 Chronicles 14:13
in 1 Chronicles 14Once again the Philistines raided the valley.
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ASV
And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
KJV
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 14
Commentary
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Once again the Philistines raided the valley
on 1 Chronicles 14:13-16
The Philistines raided the valley, and God told David to attack in front of the balsam trees. He was to move out at the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees. Clarke records an older reading that took the sound as an army sent ahead of David.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
David's Kingdom Established. 1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house. 2 And David perceived that the L ORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
circle them The Divine Standard of Justice said to the Omnipresent, “Lord of the universe, why did You dismiss Saul for David?” [God] replied, “Because he did not wait seven days for Samuel as he had commanded him” [as in I Sam.:8–14].
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּסִ֤יפוּ | vaiyosifu | and they repeated | H3254 → | 212 times |
| עוֹד֙ | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ | vaiyifshetu | and they made a raid | H6584 → | 43 times |
| בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ | baemek | in the valley | H6010 → | 69 times |
וַיֹּסִ֤יפוּand they repeated
vaiyosifuH3254 →212 times
עוֹד֙again
ʾodH5750 →490 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּand they made a raid
vaiyifshetuH6584 →43 times
בָּעֵֽמֶק׃in the valley
baemekH6010 →69 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 20:22Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 11:1
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David…
- 1 Kings 20:13
Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day,…
- 1 Kings 20:26
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained…
- Isaiah 8:9
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- 2 Samuel 11:1
Through
1 Chronicles 14:9Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 17:5
as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.