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New Century Version

1 Chronicles 14:12

The Philistines had left their idols there, so David ordered his men to burn them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Iconoclasm;   Philistines;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tyre or Tyrus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philistia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rephaim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Philis'tines;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
Hebrew Names Version
They left their gods there; and David gave mitzvah, and they were burned with fire.
King James Version
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
English Standard Version
And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.
New English Translation
The Philistines left their idols there, so David ordered that they be burned.
Amplified Bible
The Philistines abandoned their gods (idols) there; so David gave a command and they were burned in a fire [as the Law of Moses required].
New American Standard Bible
They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire.
World English Bible
They left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there they had left their gods: and Dauid said, Let them euen be burnt with fire.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they forsook their gods there; so David said the word, and they were burned with fire.
Berean Standard Bible
There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
Contemporary English Version
Then David ordered his troops to burn the idols that the Philistines had left behind.
Complete Jewish Bible
The P'lishtim had left their gods there, so David gave an order, and they were burned up completely.
Darby Translation
And they left their gods there; and David commanded, and they were burned with fire.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines had left their idols at Baal Perazim. David ordered his men to burn the idols.
George Lamsa Translation
And when they had left their idols there, David gave a commandment to his mighty men, saying. Burn them with fire and scatter their ashes to the wind.
Good News Translation
When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David gave orders for them to be burned.
Lexham English Bible
And they abandoned their gods there. And David commanded, and they were burnt with fire.
Literal Translation
And they left their gods there. And David commanded, and they were burned with fire.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there lefte they their goddes. Then commaunded Dauid to burne them with fyre.
American Standard Version
And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
Bible in Basic English
And the Philistines did not take their images with them in their flight; and at David's orders they were burned with fire.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they had left their gods there, Dauid gaue a commaundement, and they were burnt with fire.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
King James Version (1611)
And when they had left their gods there, Dauid gaue a commandement, and they were burnt with fire.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines left their gods there; and David gave orders to burn them with fire.
English Revised Version
And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which Dauid comaundide to be brent.
Update Bible Version
And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
New King James Version
And when they left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
New Living Translation
The Philistines had abandoned their gods there, so David gave orders to burn them.
New Life Bible
The Philistines left their gods there. So David had them burned with fire.
New Revised Standard
They abandoned their gods there, and at David's command they were burned.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they left their gods there, - and David gave the word, and they were burned up in fire.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they left there their gods, and David commanded that they should be burnt.
Revised Standard Version
And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.
Young's Literal Translation
And they leave there their gods, and David speaketh, and they are burnt with fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire.

Contextual Overview

8 When the Philistines heard that David had been made king of all Israel, they went to look for him. But David heard about it and went out to fight them. 9 The Philistines had attacked and robbed the people in the Valley of Rephaim. 10 David asked God, "Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord answered him, "Go, I will hand them over to you." 11 So David and his men went up to the town of Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines. David said, "Like a flood of water, God has broken through my enemies by using me." So that place was named Baal Perazim. 12 The Philistines had left their idols there, so David ordered his men to burn them. 13 Soon the Philistines attacked the people in the valley again. 14 David prayed to God again, and God answered him, saying, "Don't attack the Philistines from the front. Instead, go around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees. 15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then attack. I, God, will have gone out before you to defeat the Philistine army." 16 David did as God commanded, and he and his men defeated the Philistine army all the way from Gibeon to Gezer. 17 So David became famous in all the countries, and the Lord made all nations afraid of him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were burned: Exodus 12:12, Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25, 1 Samuel 5:2-6, 2 Kings 19:18

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:21 - David

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
This is the family history of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and everything they owned, as well as all the servants they had gotten in Haran. They set out from Haran, planning to go to the land of Canaan, and in time they arrived there.
Genesis 14:9
They fought against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Babylonia, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings fighting against five.
Genesis 14:11
Now Kedorlaomer and his armies took everything the people of Sodom and Gomorrah owned, including their food.
Genesis 14:12
They took Lot, Abram's nephew who was living in Sodom, and everything he owned. Then they left.
Genesis 14:13
One of the men who was not captured went to Abram, the Hebrew, and told him what had happened. At that time Abram was camped near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite. Mamre was a brother of Eshcol and Aner, and they had all made an agreement to help Abram.
Genesis 14:17
After defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, Abram went home. As he was returning, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (now called King's Valley).
Genesis 14:19
and blessed Abram, saying, "Abram, may you be blessed by God Most High, the God who made heaven and earth.
Numbers 16:26
Moses warned the people, "Move away from the tents of these evil men! Don't touch anything of theirs, or you will be destroyed because of their sins."
Job 9:23
If the whip brings sudden death, God will laugh at the suffering of the innocent.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When they had left their gods there - The practice of carrying images of the gods to battle was common among the nations of antiquity, and arose from the belief that there was virtue in the images themselves, and that military success would be obtained by means of them.


 
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