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1 Chronicles 20:8

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 20

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 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.

This site's exposition

born unto the giant in Gath

The summary names the source directly, these were born unto the giant, the Hebrew behind it the sons of Rapha, a clan name rather than one man's own title, and it fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants across three separate fights. Joshua 11:22 already left an Anakim remnant standing only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod, and this verse shows that remnant still producing champions in Gath generations later. The chapter closes the giant line David's whole reign has met, from Goliath's own death at the hand of a shepherd to this last brother and this last nameless son of Rapha.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. How the army of the Ammonites and their allies was routed in the field we read in the foregoing chapters. Here we have the destruction of Rabbah, the metropolis of their kingdom (

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The words behind it

9 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.

  • אֵ֛לthese

    ʾelH411 →

  • נוּלְּד֥וּthey were born

    nuleduH3205 →496 times

  • לְהָרָפָ֖אto <the> Rapha

    leharafa'H7497 →25 times

  • בְּגַ֑תin Gath

    begatH1661 →32 times

  • וַיִּפְּל֥וּand they fell

    vaiyipeluH5307 →435 times

  • בְיַד־by [the] hand of

    veyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • דָּוִ֖ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וּבְיַד־and by [the] hand of

    uveyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • עֲבָדָֽיו׃ פservants his

    ʾavadavH5650 →799 times

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

Related verses

5 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.

2 Samuel 21:22So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.5 worksRomans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?3 worksJoshua 14:12Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”2 worksJeremiah 9:23This 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.2 worksEcclesiastes 9:11I 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 the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.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

    Romans 8:31

    What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

    it 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.

    it 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…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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