1 Chronicles 14:9
in 1 Chronicles 14Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
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ASV
Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
KJV
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 14
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
went up to seek David
on 1 Chronicles 14:8-9
The Philistines move only once David is anointed king over all Israel, not merely over Judah, and they choose the valley of Rephaim southwest of Jerusalem, ground the giant traditions of 2 Sam 21:16-20 name again. Chronicles carries the notice essentially as Samuel gives it in 2 Sam 5:17-18, adding nothing of its own at these two verses. The timing matters for the chapter's placement: a Philistine army testing the new king belongs early in the reign, before the ark was ever carried toward Jerusalem.
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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | ufelishtim | and [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| בָּ֑אוּ | bau | they had come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ | vaiyifshetu | and they had made a raid | H6584 → | 43 times |
| בְּעֵ֥מֶק | beemek | in [the] valley of | H6010 → | 69 times |
| רְפָאִֽים׃ | refaim | [the] Rephaites | H7497 → | 25 times |
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםand [the] Philistines
ufelishtimH6430 →287 times
בָּ֑אוּthey had come
bauH935 →2568 times
וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּand they had made a raid
vaiyifshetuH6584 →43 times
בְּעֵ֥מֶקin [the] valley of
beemekH6010 →69 times
רְפָאִֽים׃[the] Rephaites
refaimH7497 →25 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
2 Samuel 23:13At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 22:1
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- 2 Samuel 5:18
Through
2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:8
From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Joshua 15:8
Through
Isaiah 17:5as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
it leads to
- Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Jeremiah 51:33
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her…
- Joel 3:13
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
- Matthew 13:30
Through
1 Chronicles 11:15Three 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.
it leads to
- Joshua 12:15
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 12:15
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
