left their gods. Compare 1 Samuel 4:7 . they were burned with fire. This is supplementary information. In 2 Samuel 5:21 David "took them away": i.e. to burn them, as recorded here. read more
Gibeon. In 2 Samuel 5:25 , Geba. But both places were close together, and the accounts are independent. Gazer = Gezer. See note on 1 Kings 9:15-17 . read more
all nations. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6 , put for nations in all parts of the world. read more
1 Chronicles 14:16. And they smote— He smote. Houbigant. read more
1 Chronicles 14:17. All lands— The word כל kal, translated all, is to be rendered according to the subject to which it is applied; sometimes by all is meant only a great many, or the greatest part: sometimes it does not signify a whole, but only complete or perfect; and sometimes, only in a more restrained sense, sincere or well disposed. Hence Bishop Patrick in the present passage very justly limits the term to the neighbouring countries and people. See Noldius on כל. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The... read more
11. they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there—In an engagement fought at Mount Perazim (Isaiah 28:21), in the valley of Rephaim, a few miles west of Jerusalem, the Philistines were defeated and put to flight. read more
12. when they had left their gods—(See on :-). read more
13. the Philistines yet again spread themselves—They renewed the campaign the next season, taking the same route. David, according to divine directions, did not confront them. read more
14. Go not up after them—The text in 2 Samuel 5:23, more correctly has, "Go not up." turn away from them—that is, by stealing round a baca-grove, come upon their rear. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 14:10
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . In 2 Samuel 5:19 it is Jehovah. Here, it is God's power as Creator. In 2 Samuel 5:19 it is Jehovah's faithfulness to David. Both pleas were in David's mind, and the accounts are complementary. Compare them in this narrative. Here, Elohim six times; Jehovah once. In 2 Samuel, Jehovah six times; Elohim not once. read more