2 Chronicles 14:15
in 2 Chronicles 14They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
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ASV
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
KJV
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThey smote also the tents of cattle,.... The people that dwelt in tents for the sake of the pasturage of their cattle; the Scenite Arabs, so called from dwelling in tents: and carried away sheep; which those Arabs were feeding in Palestine, and which this great army brought with them for their support: and camels in abundance; which is another circumstance proving them to be Arabs, who abounded with camels: and returned to Jerusalem; with their spoil, and with great joy.
This site's exposition
attacked all the cities around Gerar
on 2 Chronicles 14:14-15
The pursuit becomes a raid on every city around Gerar, “because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them”. The same terror falls on Jehoshaphat's enemies at 2 Chronicles 20:29. Gill reads the towns as Philistine cities allied to Zerah, which would explain the plunder found in them.
This site's exposition
the tents of the herdsmen
Gill identifies the herdsmen as Scenite Arabs, a people named for living in tents. The camels point the same way, since Arabs kept them, and Gill thinks the flocks had come with Zerah's host to feed it. Judah went home rich.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the L ORD had given him rest.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Tents of cattle - Those which had carried the baggage of the great army, and which they had left in such places as abounded with pasture. Perhaps sheepfolds, enclosures for camels, mules, etc., may also be intended.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַם־ | vegam- | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אָהֳלֵ֥י | ʾoholei | [the] tents of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מִקְנֶ֖ה | mikneh | livestock | H4735 → | 76 times |
| הִכּ֑וּ | hiku | they struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּ | vaiyishbu | and they took captive | H7617 → | 47 times |
| צֹ֤אן | tzon | sheep | H6629 → | 274 times |
| לָרֹב֙ | laro | to abundance | H7230 → | 149 times |
| וּגְמַלִּ֔ים | ugemalim | and camels | H1581 → | |
| וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ | vaiyashuvu | and they returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וְגַם־and also
vegam-H1571 →769 times
אָהֳלֵ֥י[the] tents of
ʾoholeiH168 →345 times
מִקְנֶ֖הlivestock
miknehH4735 →76 times
הִכּ֑וּthey struck down
hikuH5221 →499 times
וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּand they took captive
vaiyishbuH7617 →47 times
צֹ֤אןsheep
tzonH6629 →274 times
לָרֹב֙to abundance
laroH7230 →149 times
וּגְמַלִּ֔יםand camels
ugemalimH1581 →
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּand they returned
vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 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
1 Chronicles 5:21They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,
it leads to
- Numbers 31:35
and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
- Revelation 18:13
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
- Numbers 31:35
Through
1 Samuel 30:20And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:26
When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
- Numbers 31:9–12
The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
- Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- 2 Chronicles 20:25
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for…
- Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the…
- 1 Samuel 30:26
Through
1 Chronicles 4:41These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then…
it leads to
- Acts 17:26
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Acts 17:26
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.