David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
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David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
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David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
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And David did as God commanded him; and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 14:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 13:17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Genesis 6:22 Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
- Exodus 39:42-43 According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.
- Joshua 16:10 They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
- 2 Samuel 5:25 David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.
- 1 Chronicles 6:67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
- John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Gazera, on the borders of the Philistines, near Azotus.…
Gazera, on the borders of the Philistines, near Azotus. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain from Gibeon . . . to Gazer--Geba or Gibea…
from Gibeon . . . to Gazer--Geba or Gibea (Sa2 5:25), now Yefa, in the province of Judah. The line from this to Gazer was intersected by the roads which led from Judah to the cities of the Philistines. To recover possession of it, therefore, as was effected by this decisive battle, was equivalent to setting free the whole mountain region of Judah as far as their most westerly slope [BERTHEAU].
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) David therefore.—And David did. Samuel adds “so.”
(16) David therefore.—And David did. Samuel adds “so.”
And they smote the host (camp).—Samuel, “and he smote the Philistines.” (Comp. 1Ch_14:11.)
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From Gibeon.—The present Hebrew text of Samuel has Geba. The LXX. agrees with Chronicles in reading Gibeon, but the Targum, Syriac, and Arabic read Geba. Gibeon lay about six miles north-west of Jerusalem, between the valley of Rephaim and Gezer. Isa_28:21 supports this reading.
Even to Gazer (or Gezer).—Gazer is the so-called pausal form. Comp. Pharez (Perez) and Japhet ( Yepheth). The text of Samuel has, “until thou come to Gezer;” the Chronicles, “even unto Gezer-ward.” (See Jos_12:12; 1Ki_9:15-17.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Gibeon. The parallel reads Geba. As Geba and Gibeon…
Gibeon. The parallel reads Geba. As Geba and Gibeon were both situate very near to Jerusalem (on the north), as well as near to one another, both texts may be correct, and each mean what it says. But Isa_28:21 confirms the reading Gibeon. It is evident that Gibeon was no appropriate resting-place for the ark (1Ch_13:3, 1Ch_13:4; 2Ch_1:3) The nearness of the Philistines" approach to the city of Jerusalem marks their daring on the one hand, and the loud call now for the merciful interposition of Jehovah on behalf of his people. Gazer. Hebrew hrzG both here and in the parallel because of the accent. Else the name is Gezer (rzG). It was about two hours distant from Gibeon, and to the north (Jos_10:33 Jos_12:12 Jos_21:21; Jud 1:29; 1Ch_20:4) or "four Roman miles northward from Nicopolis ("Onomasticon"); now the large ruin of Tell Jezar" (Conder"s" Handbook to the Bible," p. 412).
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