1 Chronicles 14:16

David therefore. — And David did. Samuel adds “so.”

And they smote the host (camp). — Samuel, “and he smote the Philistines.” (Comp. 1 Chronicles 14:11.)

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. Isaiah 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 Joshua 12:12; 1 Kings 9:15.)