1 Chronicles 20:8 BSB

1 Chronicles 20:8

So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

KJV

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

These were born unto the giant in Gath - “These were born להרפא leharapha, to that Rapha in Gath, or to Arapha.” So the Vulgate, Septuagint, and Chaldee. The compiler of these books passes by also the incest of Amnon with his sister Tamar, and the rebellion of Absalom, and the awful consequences of all these. These should have preceded the fourth verse.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֛ל	'el	these	H411 →
נוּלְּד֥וּ	nu.le.Du	they were born	H3205 →
לְהָרָפָ֖א	le.ha.ra.Fa'	to <the> Rapha	H7497 →
בְּגַ֑ת	be.Gat	in Gath	H1661 →
וַיִּפְּל֥וּ	vai.yi.pe.Lu	and they fell	H5307 →
בְיַד־	ve.yad-	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
דָּוִ֖יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וּבְיַד־	u.ve.yad-	and by [the] hand of	H3027 →
עֲבָדָֽיו׃ פ	'a.va.Dav	servants his	H5650 →

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The walk

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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.

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Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
leads to
- Psalms 118:6
  The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
  in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
  You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 54:17
  No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
Through
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–29
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- Isaiah 5:21
  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
  I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…