1 Chronicles 18:1 BSB

1 Chronicles 18:1

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

KJV

Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Gath was the "Metheg-ammah," or "arm-bridle," as it is there called--either from its supremacy as the capital over the other Philistine towns, or because, in the capture of that important place and its dependencies, he obtained the complete control of his restless neighbors.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
אַחֲרֵי־	'a.cha.rei-	after	H310 →
כֵ֔ן	Khen	thus	H3651 →
וַיַּ֥ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he struck down	H5221 →
דָּוִ֛יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם	vai.yakh.ni.'Em	and he subdued them	H3665 →
וַיִּקַּ֛ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גַּ֥ת	gat	Gath	H1661 →
וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ	u.ve.no.Tei.ha	and daughters its	H1323 →
מִיַּ֥ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →

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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
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
leads to
- Micah 1:10
  Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
- 1 Samuel 18:6
  As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…
- Judges 11:34
  And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
- Exodus 15:20–21
  Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Deuteronomy 32:26–27
  I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
Through
1 Samuel 5:8
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 5:11
  Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…
- Amos 6:2
  Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
Through
1 Samuel 27:4
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:21
  Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave…