Key Verse Spotlight
1 Chronicles 14:16 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. {Gibeon: also called, Geba}”
1 Chronicles 14:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, {that} then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. {Gibeon: also called, Geba}
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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