1 Chronicles 14:16

_DAVID THEREFORE DID AS GOD COMMANDED HIM: AND THEY SMOTE THE HOST OF THE PHILISTINES FROM GIBEON EVEN TO GAZER._ From Gibeon ... to Gazer - Geba or Gibea (2 Samuel 5:25), now Jib'a, 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; and to recover possession of it, therefore, as was effected by this decisive battle, was equivalent to setting free the whole mountains of Judah as far as their most westerly slope (Bertheau)....

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter belong to a period of time subsequent to the taking of the fort of Zion, and find their parallel in 2 Samuel 5:11-10. But if found here in the same order of place as there, they would have followed upon 1 Chronicles 9:9; Keil attributes this difference to the desire of our compiler to represent the bringing of the ark to Jerusalem as David's first undertaking on becoming king of the united people. Considering the contents of this chapter, and remembering that it stands between the unsuccessful attempt to bring home the ark and the final successful bringing of it, it would seem a far more natural thing to suppose that this suggested its present order; for compare...

1 Chronicles 14:1....

4. DAVID'S INCREASE AND BLESSING CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Hiram (1 Chronicles 14:1)_ 2. David's family (1 Chronicles 14:3) 3. The Philistines defeated (1 Chronicles 14:8) The reader is referred to 2 Samuel 5:11 for the comment on verses 1-7. Beeliada is called in 2 Samuel 5:16 Eliada. Beeliada was probably changed to Eliada. David's great victory over the Philistines is also recorded in 2 Samuel 5:17

DAVID'S VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES. See notes on 2 Samuel 5:11. 1 Chronicles 14:17. An addition by the Chronicler....

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....

AND THEY SMOTE— _He smote._ Houbigant....

7. DAVID'S PALACE, WIVES, AND EARLY MILITARY VICTORIES (Chapter 14) TEXT 1 Chronicles 14:1. And Hiram king, of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. 2. And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake. 3. And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters. 4. And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 5. and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, 6. and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7. and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet. 8. And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them. 9. Now the Philistines had come and made

14:16 army (a-12) Or 'camp.'...

HIRAM AND DAVID. DAVID'S CHILDREN This chapter reproduces 2 Samuel 5:11 with some variations in the names of David's children, and the additional fact that David burnt the idols of the Philistines....