Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 14:8–end
This narrative of David's triumph over the Philistines is much the same with that, Sa2 5:17, etc. 1. Let the attack which the Philistines made upon David forbid us to be secure in any settlement or advancement, and engage us to expect molestation in this world. When we are most easy something or other may come to be a terror or vexation to us. Christ's kingdom will thus be insulted by the serpent's seed, especially when it makes any advances. 2. Let David's enquiry of God, once and again, upon occasion of the Philistines' invading him, direct us in all our ways to acknowledge God - in distress to fly to him, when we are wronged to appeal to him, and, when we know not what to do, to ask couns…
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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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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 14:17
Into all lands - That is, all the surrounding or neighboring lands and nations, for no others can possibly be intended.
John Gill on 1 Chronicles 14:1
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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 14:1–end
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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 14:12
David’s orders to burn the Philistine idols conformed to God’s instructions (Deut 7:5).
