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1 Chronicles 14:15

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As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

KJV

And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 14

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

A sound of going - “When thou shalt hear the sound of the angels coming to thy assistance, then go out to battle; for an angel is sent from the presence of God, that he may render thy way prosperous.” - T.

This site's exposition

yet again spread themselves abroad

on 1 Chronicles 14:13-16

The Philistines regroup in the same valley, and this second inquiry gets a different order: not a direct advance but a wide turn to come upon them from behind the mulberry trees. The instruction to wait for a sound of going in the treetops before advancing runs word for word with 2 Sam 5:23-25, already carried by the Samuel exposition, and Chronicles adds nothing to the wording here. Clarke records an older reading that took the sound as an army sent ahead of David, going before to render his way prosperous, a tradition he names rather than asserts. David's obedience is total, from Gibeon clear to Gazer, and this second victory earns no place-name of its own the way the first earned Baal-perazim.

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].
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 14:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וִ֠יהִיso may it be

    vihiH1961 →3559 times

  • כְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֞when hearing you

    keshameakhaH8085 →1159 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • ק֤וֹל[the] sound of

    kolH6963 →506 times

  • הַצְּעָדָה֙<the> marching

    hatzeadahH6807 →

  • בְּרָאשֵׁ֣יin [the] tops of

    berasheiH7218 →599 times

  • הַבְּכָאִ֔יםthe balsam trees

    habekhaimH1057 →

  • אָ֖זthen

    ʾazH227 →141 times

  • תֵּצֵ֣אyou will go out

    tetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • בַמִּלְחָמָ֑הin <the> battle

    vamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • יָצָ֤אhe has gone out

    yatza'H3318 →1067 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • לְפָנֶ֔יךָ<to> before you

    lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times

  • לְהַכּ֖וֹתto strike down

    lehakotH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מַחֲנֵ֥ה[the] camp of

    machanehH4264 →215 times

  • פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃[the] Philistines

    felishtimH6430 →287 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 13:4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.5 worksActs 2:2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.4 works2 Samuel 5:24As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”4 worksMicah 2:12–13I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.3 works2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”3 worksIsaiah 45:1–2This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:3 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Philippians 2:12–13Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.3 works2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”2 worksLeviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.2 worksJudges 7:9That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.2 works1 Samuel 14:9–22If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.2 worksJudges 4:14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.2 worksJudges 7:15When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”2 worksIsaiah 52:12For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Acts 2:2

    Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

    it leads to

    • Acts 4:31

      After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

    • 1 Kings 19:11

      Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered…

    • Psalms 18:10

      He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

    • John 3:8

      The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

    • Acts 16:25–26

      About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

  • Through

    Isaiah 13:4

    Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

    it leads to

    • Joel 3:14

      Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

  • Through

    2 Kings 19:7

    Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 7:6

      For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the…

    • Obadiah 1:1

      This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up,…

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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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